Greg Wilshusen: Are infrastructure operators getting better at cyber?

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Greg Wilshusen: Are infrastructure operators getting better at cyber?

The federal government has designated 15 private sector industries as being or operating critical infrastructure. Each one has a corresponding federal agency with...

Michael O'Connell@moconnellWFED

December 2, 2015 9:07 am

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Greg Wilshusen, director of cybersecurity issues, GAO

The federal government has designated 15 private sector industries as being or operating critical infrastructure. Each one has a corresponding federal agency with whom that industry shares cybersecurity threat information. Trouble is, the so-called sector-specific agencies haven't done a good job in assessing whether the infrastructure operators are getting better at cyber. That's according to the Government Accountability Office. Its director of cybersecurity issues, Greg Wilshusen, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin more.