Sharing data is crucial to cyberdefense
Each agency within the Defense Department has frontline responsibility for securing its own IT systems, but the job doesn’t end there. The same malware or social engineering techniques used to dig into an Army network, for instance, could show up later in an attempt against an Air Force system or a network-centric communications link between combat troops on the ground and at sea. Without the ability to share information and coordinate responses, the services’ capacity to respond to incidents is severely hampered. Full Story