The Nation’s 24-Hour Cyber Watch Center Still Has Some Empty Seats

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/08/nations-24-hour-hack-watch-center-missing-three-quarters-industry/119392/

By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
August 24, 2015

The watch floor of a national center that monitors hack attacks aimed at 
16 critical U.S. industries is still missing analysts from 75 percent of 
those sectors.

The reasons for low attendance have little to do with controversies over 
sharing customer and business-sensitive information.

The main problem is insufficient capital to put boots on the ground at the 
National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center – or NCCIC 
(pronounced "N-Kick").

Established in 2009, the space in a nondescript Arlington office tower is 
where technical analysts from the government and industry can exchange 
cyberthreat intelligence.

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