TIA Pledges Support for Cybersecurity Executive Order
The Telecommunications Industry Association sees the cybersecurity information sharing executive order that President Barack Obama signed last week (see 1502130048) as helping industry, TIA CEO Scott Belcher said. It will “enable the voluntary sharing of real-time bi-directional cybersecurity information amongst…
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and between key government and industry partners (and their suppliers),” Belcher said in a written statement Tuesday. It "moves towards an improved ability for businesses to have more access to government information on threats and more open channels for greater information sharing between companies,” Belcher said. Congress must “provide adequate liability protections” and ensure that “an information-sharing regime appropriately addresses privacy and civil liberties concerns,” he said. “Information sharing should not be viewed as the end game,” but rather as a “tool to achieve timely, reliable, and actionable situational awareness through information sharing, analysis, and collaboration,” Belcher said. “It is important for the White House, Congress and other stakeholders to also work together towards other important improvements, such as cybersecurity R&D, workforce training and education, and public awareness.”