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DHS Making Push To Get Private Sector Hooked Up To New Automated Cyber Threat Sharing Systems

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 9th, 2016

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DHS Making Push To Get Private Sector Hooked Up To New Automated Cyber Threat Sharing Systems

So far the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has shown limited progress in getting the private sector to participate in a new automated cyber threat information sharing system that officially went on line in mid-March and the department on Thursday hosted an outreach session with stakeholders to better educate them about the ease and benefits of joining its Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS) system.There are about 30 to 35 companies and other private entities currently hooked up to the AIS server…

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