From: DCInno
Eric Hal Schwartz – Staff Writer
Virginia is building the first state-level system for sharing cybersecurity information between the government and private industry to prepare for and respond to hackers. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the Information Sharing and Analysis Organization this week, which follows a renewed emphasis at the federal level on combatting cybersecurity. That includes a new agency for better collaboration among federal agencies to work on cybersecurity issues, a campus in Washington, D.C. where federal agencies and private companies can share information related to cybersecurity issues and a new directive from President Obama to the Department of Homeland Security urging states to build exactly the kind of organization Virginia will soon have.
“Virginia’s ISAO is our logical next step in building on the outstanding work of the Virginia Cyber Security Commission, Virginia Cyber Security Partnership, Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and the cybersecurity efforts of so many other public- and private-sector partners throughout the Commonwealth,” McAuliffe said in a statement.
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