February 18, 2015
The Theory Of Intersectionality Can Make Cybersecurity Collaboration Real
Symbolically, the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection was about the White House reaching out to Silicon Valley and the need for collaboration between government, and the manufacturing, finance, and technology industries.
Substantively, the President signed an Executive Order to encourage the sharing of cyber threat information.
Government outreach efforts often talk about collaboration and working together but usually in a vague, aspirational, kumbaya kind of way. However, for cybersecurity the need for collaboration is pragmatic and pressing.
The ubiquity and power of information technology means that the biggest security risks exist at the intersection of disciplines and communities. Collaboration is the only way to mitigate these risks.
Read the full op-ed at TechCrunch.
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