Security News > 2020 > April > In Difficult Situations, Strength Comes From Human Creativity, Sharing and Collaboration
To advance our response to threats, we also must draw on creativity, sharing and collaboration.
Sharing of threat intelligence formally started about 20 years ago when Information Sharing and Analysis Centers came on the scene with the intent of helping organizations protect their infrastructure, employees and customers from cyberthreats targeting their specific industry.
If you can think of an industry there's probably a corresponding ISAC. Much like Medtronic sharing its ventilator designs, these industry sharing groups can get you further down the path to better protection.
Akin to the teams battling HIV working together to turn the tide on a previously invisible foe, embedding collaboration into the investigation process enables teams to gain a better understanding of threats and take the right actions faster to more effectively mitigate risk.
During the past few months, the stories we've read and the examples we've seen of people doing good around the world and in our neighborhoods have reminded us of the power of human creativity, sharing and collaboration to overcome challenges.