Information Security News: Companies won't help national cybersecurity without waivers

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Updated: Thursday, Jun. 22, 2000 at 17:48 CDT

By Jesse J. Holland
Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Corporations insist they won't fully participate in
any national cybersecurity efforts unless they get Freedom of
Information Act waivers and lawsuit protection.

Businesses say they're afraid that if they share private information
with the federal government to help fight off hacker attacks, it
would be made public with an FOI request and used against them.

"Fears of publicity, fears of inviting additional attacks, fears of
confidentiality and fears of antitrust liabilities have limited the
willingness of industry members to share information," said Daniel
Woolley, president of the Global Integrity Corp., an information
security company.

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