Security News > 2020 > April > COVID-19 Has United Cybersecurity Experts, But Will That Unity Survive the Pandemic?
Using threat intelligence feeds donated by dozens of cybersecurity companies, the CTC is poring over more than 100 million pieces of data about potential threats each day, running those indicators through security products from roughly 70 different vendors.
Among the more mature organizations working to counter the threat from COVID-19 scammers is the Cyber Threat Alliance, a industry group founded in 2017 that counts among its members more than two dozen major cybersecurity firms that are all required to regularly share threat intelligence with other members.
SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC. The CTA's Daniel said while it's great to see so much voluntary collaboration between the cybersecurity industry, governments and law enforcement, he's been thinking a lot lately about how to sustain these relationships and networks once the urgency of the pandemic subsides.
Formerly special assistant to President Obama and cybersecurity coordinator on the National Security Council, Daniel said he sees preserving and enhancing this information sharing effort post-COVID as one of the biggest policy issues facing the federal government over the next few years.
On the private sector side are issues of how for-profit companies can closely collaborate with the government without being perceived as potentially compromising the privacy and security of their customers, or as simply an agent of the government.