From: FederalNewsRadio.com 1500AM
By Jack Moore
the minds of many, information security and information sharing would seem to be polar opposites.
But in the White House’s new national strategy on information sharing released last month, the two concepts are paired together.
And with good reason, according to Michael Daniel, the White House cybersecurity coordinator. Security and information sharing are “mutually reinforcing,” he explained in an interview on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp
Information sharing is a” key ingredient” in a comprehensive cybersecurity approach, Daniel said. Just take a look at some of the most pressing cyber challenges faced by the government: Potential threats against critical infrastructure, cyber-enabled economic espionage against U.S. Intellectual property and threats to global Internet freedom.
“It’s pretty easy to see how information sharing of threat indicators, intrusion methodologies, data about what’s been stolen, supporting the free exchange of ideas — all those things would be really important in our efforts to combat those risks,” he said.
Strategy emphasizes collaboration
The strategy is heavy on the concept of collaboration.
The document also promotes the idea of standardization across government, but with “built-in flexibility for evolving mission requirements.”
The strategy also highlights streamlining the development of information-sharing agreements and using shared services, including shared-computing models, such as cloud computing.
Daniel said agencies have made progress in becoming more collaborative, particularly recently.
“Really, if you take a look at this strategy, it’s really codifying the best practices that have evolved over the last decade and that have really begun to accelerate over the last couple of years,” he said. “And it’s really designed to leverage all of those capabilities that we’ve built and apply them … against the sets of different threats that we face in today’s environment.
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