Symantec Joins U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Industrial Base Cyber Security Program
April 22 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Program promotes the sharing of valuable threat
information between DOD and industry
Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC), the world's leading cyber security
company, today announced it has become a member of the United
States’ Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Industrial Base (DIB)
Cybersecurity (CS) program. The DIB CS program is a voluntary cyber
threat information-sharing initiative established by the DOD to
enhance and supplement DIB participants’ capabilities to mitigate
cyber attacks. The program features a collaborative
information-sharing environment where members voluntarily report
cyber threats as well as information on how to prevent/mitigate
those threats.
“This is a prime example of an effective government-industry
collaborative partnership. Symantec is proud to work in conjunction
with the DOD and its partners to deliver a stronger cyber
environment,” said Chris Townsend, Symantec vice president of
federal. “The DIB CS program provides an important platform to
share threat information and best practices, helping to improve the
overall cyber awareness and security posture of all members.
Symantec is proud to become a member of this important
community.”
Symantec is supporting the mission of the DOD against cyber
adversaries by working collaboratively to enhance the security
posture of the United States. DIB CS industry partners can benefit
from Symantec’s array of cyber security capabilities to enable
compliance with the mandates of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology’s (NIST) SP 800-171. NIST SP 800-171 establishes a
set of security requirements for protecting Controlled Unclassified
Information (CUI) stored in nonfederal systems and
organizations.
Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network is one of the world’s
largest threat intelligence networks, composed of threat data from
175 million protected endpoints and 123 million attack sensors
worldwide collecting billions of cyber threat telemetry vectors
daily.
About Symantec
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world's leading cyber
security company, helps organizations, governments and people
secure their most important data wherever it lives. Organizations
across the world look to Symantec for strategic, integrated
solutions to defend against sophisticated attacks across endpoints,
cloud and infrastructure. Likewise, a global community of more than
50 million people and families rely on Symantec's Norton and
LifeLock product suites to protect their digital lives at home and
across their devices. Symantec operates one of the world's largest
civilian cyber intelligence networks, allowing it to see and
protect against the most advanced threats. For additional
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