“If your neighbor’s house gets broken into, you’d want to know about it.”
That was how John Landwehr, Vice President for Digital Government Solutions at Adobe Systems, put a fine point on the need for efficient and effective sharing of cyber threat information. He spoke at a packed briefing BSA hosted today on Capitol Hill to help educate House staff on issues involved in cyber legislation now pending in Congress.
Landwehr used the analogy of a home invasion to illustrate what information ought to be shared, with whom, and for what purpose: You would want to know how the break-in occurred so you could take appropriate steps to protect your house from the same type of crime. You would want others in the neighborhood to know, too, so they could (more…)