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Gally Articola

Monday, April 8th, 2013

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Cyber Collaboration. Despite being fierce rivals, contractors recognize the importance of working together on their firms’ cybersecurity. “This is not an area where we’re necessarily competing,” says Michael Papay, vice president for Information Security and Cyber Initiatives and the chief information security officer at Northrop Grumman. Speaking at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework Workshop last week, Papay says the firms should increase sharing information about threats and attacks, as many face the same hackers.

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