It's not the loud pronouncements by hacking groups or the highly visible denial-of-service attacks that scare cybersecurity experts. It's silence.
In the escalating battle against cyber attackers, the focus has been on new security software and cyber hygiene, but one of the greatest tools against "the adversary," as cyber attackers are called in industry parlance, is the relatively low-tech approach of sharing information about attacks.
Yet contractors continue to remain mum on many intrusions — citing liability concerns — creating a vacuum that reduces their ability to fight attacks. The Defense Department continues to hunt for a way to increase reporting when both classified and unclassified sensitive data are compromised.
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