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DHS Clarifies That Liability Protections Apply To Private-To-Private Sharing Of Cyber Threats

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 15th, 2016

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DHS Clarifies That Liability Protections Apply To Private-To-Private Sharing Of Cyber Threats

Answering the call from the private sector for more clarification around liability protections for private entities to share cyber threat data with each other under a relatively new law, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday issued updated guidance describing the exemptions and protections that these entities received for sharing information about cyber threats with each other.The original guidance was issued in February as required by the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act that Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed…

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