Infosec industry calls for more public sector collaboration

August 27, 2024 – Published on TechTarget

While the private sector has increasingly contributed to law enforcement operations against cybercriminals and nation-state actors, infosec professionals agree there’s more to be done as threats continue to rise.

Law enforcement agencies across the globe announced several takedowns over the year that successfully disrupted cybercriminal operations, particularly ransomware groups, and led to arrests of alleged threat actors in some cases. Many actions only temporarily impacted the threat landscape, and actors found ways to resume activities. But infosec experts agree they did make a difference.

In some cases, private sector collaborations made those law enforcement operations more successful through information sharing with government agencies. Those partnerships are important, but many infosec professionals told TechTarget Editorial they could be enhanced.

Mark Lance, vice president of digital forensics and incident response at GuidePoint Security, said his company urges clients they’ve worked with to set up threat intelligence sharing groups. “We’re not asking them to share trade secrets with their direct competitors but share with what you’re dealing with because everyone’s dealing with it, so let’s be open and learn from it,” Lance said. “There used to be a stigma associated with incidents, like they don’t want to talk about it, and no one will acknowledge it.”

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