Cyber threats have a long reach. What seems like a low-level cyber incident can have a larger ripple effect, impacting millions of innocent people. A password breach that occurs in a private company, like Colonial Pipeline, can end up taking down sections of the critical infrastructure, for example. The line between attacks on the public sector and private interests are blurring, and now, with new directives and initiatives from the Biden Administration — along with new departments within federal agencies — the government seems committed to collaborating with companies to address emerging cyber threats.
Both government agencies and private vendors already see the value in building partnerships. Pat Gould, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Cyber Portfolio Director, says, “Partnering with the private sector is critical for advancing our mission of accelerating commercial adoption of technology across many sectors, especially in cybersecurity.”
The private sector view is similar — the…