Sharing Cyber Security Info with the Feds?

Sharing Cyber Security Info with the Feds?

President Obama has issued a call for the open exchange of cyber threat information. John Dodge at Enterprise CIO Forum leads a related discussion.

By John Dodge for Enterprise CIO Forum

President Obama made an impassioned plea at the Feb. 13 Cyber Security Summit for the private sector and the federal government to exchange cyber threat information. The idea is simple: teaming up is better than separately waging the war against cyber terrorism, spying and crime.

This is such an important topic given increasing levels and sophistication of cyber crime, we will address it in our weekly #CIOchat Twitter from 2-3 p.m ET on Thursday. Our question will be: “Do you think private enterprises sharing cyber threat information with the federal government is a good idea?”

Also, if you wish to elaborate beyond 140 characters, take a swipe at our CIO Question where you can go on at length.

Here’s the case Obama makes in his speech: Enterprisecioforum.com | Article continued here.


Excerpt appears with permission from John Dodge.

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