Pentagon proposes expansion of voluntary cyber info-sharing program for defense industrial base

The Defense Department has issued a proposed rule to expand its Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity information-sharing program to include more contractors who hold sensitive data for the services and DOD agencies, in response to an increased interest in wider community participation.

“The DIB Cybersecurity Program is a voluntary program to enhance and supplement participants’ capabilities to safeguard DoD information that resides on, or transits, DIB unclassified information systems,” the proposed rule says. It is set for publication in the...