43 Percent Only Share Cyber Threat Information Internally

A recent survey of 300 security professionals conducted by AlienVault showed that 43 percent only share information about cyber threats internally. The reason they stay mum about hacking threats is likely because “people are unwilling to expose sensitive information about their company, therefore restricting the sharing of intelligence to only those parties it trusts,” according to AlienVault. About 40 percent said they would share information with “trusted peers” or the “closed community,” and 20 percent said they shared threat intelligence with the government sector. Just over 7 percent said they publicly shared that information, however 81 percent called for more government-to-private sector sharing.