'Cultural Change' Needed to Counter Private Sector Cyberthreats, Say Lawmaker, Ex-Intelligence Officials

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The private sector is now the "supported command" when it comes to cybersecurity, said a lawmaker,nformer intelligence officials and a cybersecurity expert during a Tuesday panel. And the U.S. governmentnmust support it, they said. The private sector is a main target of cyberattacks, yet remains vulnerablenand exposed, the panelists said during the Center for Strategic and International Studies event. Onlynby passing information-sharing legislation, reforming its security clearance procedure and educating industrynstakeholders can the U.S. government confront “the most serious national threat facing the UnitednStates,” said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich.