Electric sector group calls for strengthening info-sharing capabilities to address regulatory conflicts

Federal agencies must streamline their information sharing initiatives to coordinate cyber incident response efforts across the government as part of an effort to limit the number of reporting requirements for the private sector, according to the Edison Electric Institute.

“The government should strengthen bi‐directional and timely information‐ and intelligence‐sharing arrangements” such as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative and the Energy Department’s Energy Threat Analysis Center to “eliminate the need for competing cybersecurity reporting requirements,” EEI...