Analysts: Automated cyber-threat sharing can lower global hurdles

The sharing of cyber-threat intelligence is widely seen as an effective measure for thwarting digital attacks, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers analysts, but varying privacy and data-protection requirements of countries can make it difficult to apply those practices internationally to address growing global cyber threats.

Automated sharing systems could offer a solution by taking into account these varying requirements in a way that allows for a real-time response to evolving threats.

“Differences in laws governing data privacy and national security around the...