http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/10/number-industries-getting-classified-cyberthreat-tips-dhs-has-doubled-july/96923/
By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
October 20, 2014
Firms from half of the nation’s 16 key industries, including wastewater
and banking, have paid for special technology to join a Department of
Homeland Security program that shares classified cyberthreat intelligence,
in hopes of protecting society from a catastrophic cyberattack.
Participation in the Enhanced Cybersecurity Services initiative has more
than doubled during the past few months.
Through the voluntary program – previously exclusive to defense
contractors – cleared Internet service providers feed nonpublic government
information about threats into the anti-malware systems of critical sector
networks.
As of July, only three industries – energy, communications and defense –
were using the service, according to an unfavorable DHS inspector general
audit.
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