Security News > 2021 > August > America enlists Big Tech to help it develop and execute cyber security plans
The United States' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has announced the "Standup" of a body called the "Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative" that it hopes will spark ideas for new and improved national responses against electronic threats.
The aim of the effort is to get the private sector working alongside government agencies, so they can develop and implement better cyber security plans than are currently in operation.
Design and implement comprehensive, whole-of-nation cyber defense plans to address risks and facilitate coordinated action;.
Implement coordinated defensive cyber operations to prevent and reduce impacts of cyber intrusions; and.
Support joint exercises to improve cyber defense operations.
The USA's Department of Defense, US Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have also come out to play.
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