Government officials and the cybersecurity industry seem to agree that a unified approach to handling the threat of cyber attacks is the way forward.
Government officials and the cybersecurity industry seem to agree that a unified approach to handling the threat of cyber attacks is the way forward. Sharing of data and intelligence on threats is key to strengthening defenses and mitigate damage caused by cyber criminals and terrorists. In Holland internet service providers are leading the way on working together with the creation of a non-profit organization that is tasked with keeping the whole industry one step ahead of the threats. It says that individual business and the internet industry can only afford to do so much to protect themselves individually but having an umbrella across the whole sector means that more resources can be deployed at an affordable cost. The organization has hardware and software defenses but also data analysis; it profiles attacks which makes a second similar attack harder. Although Holland’s internet infrastructure is far smaller than that in North America it is the kind of joined-up approach that most experts believe is needed here too.
