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DHS To Enact Real-Time Information Sharing On Industry Cyber Threats

Friday, September 11th, 2015

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DHS To Enact Real-Time Information Sharing On Industry Cyber Threats

The Department of Homeland Security is nearing the ability to receive notifications of cyber threats to the private sector in real time and will consolidate and route the information through a central clearing house for analysis.Legislation currently on Capitol Hill aims to incentivize industry to share evidence of hacks, data breaches and network intrusions with DHS without liability, said Suzanne Spaulding, undersecretary of DHS’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD).“This is a newly incentivized program focused on a specific subset…

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