FBI cyber chief worries private sector not sharing enough cyber threat information
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The private sector still isn’t sharing enough cyber information with the FBI in part because organizations are operating on false assumptions about what the bureau will do with what it collects, the FBI’s top cyber official said Wednesday.
Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division, said in remarks at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit and in a discussion with reporters that organizations stand to benefit from bringing in the bureau when it’s compromised by hackers from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and others.
But one of the “key misconceptions” is that “the FBI is somehow sharing information with regulators for regulatory purposes, and that’s not the case.”
“From my standpoint over the last few years, I think we’ve seen a hesitancy on some companies to engage [with the] FBI,” Leatherman said.