In an op-ed for The Hill, IST’s Chief Strategy Officer Megan Stifel and Cyber Threat Alliance’s President & CEO Michael Daniel make the case for reporting cyber incidents.
“For over 20 years, the federal government has urged industry — particularly those operating critical infrastructure systems like water systems and electric grids — to voluntarily secure their digital assets, share relevant threat information within their sectors, and report incidents to the government. This purely voluntary approach initially made sound legal and policy sense. The alternative, such as government monitoring private networks for signs of potential breaches, seemed both extreme and impractical.”
“…Absent broad, consistent data across many sectors from a wide variety of companies, neither the government nor the private sector can identify trends, understand the true impact of the problem, or develop effective policies.”
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