US needs to do more to protect companies against state-sponsored cyberattacks, experts say

The US federal government is encouraged to strengthen safeguards, improve public-private cooperation and bolster regulations and cybersecurity strategy. ‘We have to have an honest conversation in terms of cyberdefences, of who’s responsible for what, how are we going to divide up the responsibilities’. — SCMP

Washington needs to do a better job helping American companies protect against state-sponsored cyberattacks as they find themselves increasingly caught in the crossfire of US-China tech competition, several experts said on June 29.

The US government should strengthen safeguards, improve public-private cooperation and bolster regulations and cybersecurity strategy, panellists said at an event at the Centre for the National Interest, a Washington-based think tank.