Pentagon working with financial sector, DHS on model program for sharing cyber-threat indicators

The Pentagon is working with the Department of Homeland Security in gathering cyber-threat indicators from the financial services industry as part of a model program that is expected to be applied to other sectors, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy.

DOD will soon “roll out to other critical infrastructure,” such as energy, a “pathfinder approach” to sharing cyber threats with the government, Deasy, the former CIO at JP Morgan Chase, said today at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit...