Tech sector highlights info-sharing gaps, research opportunities to cyber commission

BERKELEY, CA – Leaders at major technology companies are urging the White House’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity to help ensure the IT sector has a regulatory “safe space” to report and share cyber vulnerabilities, while underscoring opportunities for public-private partnerships to improve consumers’ cybersecurity behaviors and enhance small business security.

Alex Stamos, chief information security officer at Facebook, told the commission at its meeting here on Tuesday that many tech firms are concerned over legal and regulatory actions that...