Strengthening US-CERT Collaborations With Private Sector Experts

As reports of cybersecurity incidents grow, U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials plan to improve their ability to work on the problem face to face with private-sector experts.

The DHS plans to collocate private-sector employees from the communications and IT industries with government workers at the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) facility here, said Gregory Garcia, assistant secretary of cybersecurity and telecommunications at the DHS. The teams will work jointly on improving US-CERT's information hub for cybersecurity, Garcia said. The agency didn't specify a starting date for the program but said it will begin soon.

US-CERT is a four-year-old DHS-run joint effort of the public and private sectors to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure. "It's through this collocation that we are going to build a strong trust relationship, an information-sharing relationship," said Garcia.

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