Analysis: A temporarily-posted three-hour call last week between government officials and private-sector cyber pros sheds light on the frustrations of critical infrastructure industries as they face cyberthreats.
to business leaders that it’s a “patriotic obligation” for companies to invest in building their cyberdefenses.But Easterly acknowledged some challenges, which could leave the agency with blind spots:: “I know having just come from a big company that when something goes wrong, the first thing that happens is the lawyers get involved,” Easterly said.
But at the end of the day, Easterly said, “we will make sure that we are well tied into” the agency’s partners at the state and federal level.Some information about cyberthreats remains classified and difficult for many critical infrastructure organizations to access, they said.One caller who said he’s “responsible for a large part of critical infrastructure in the U.S.
CISA has long received complaints from the private sector about the agency’s inability to share more classified information with the private sector. The agency has argued that it can share information about vulnerabilities without sharing classified details about how it found out about them.“Obviously, we are going to do everything we can to get information out at the appropriate level, whether that's at the [top secret] level,” Easterly said.
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