More intensive cyber collaboration emphasized by US

The U.S. was noted by National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross to be advocating for tighter cybersecurity cooperation with allied countries and the private sector to better respond to escalating nation-state, cyberespionage, and ransomware threats, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Addressing cyber threats against critical infrastructure requires more extensive information sharing efforts with governments, which should move to coordinate their offensive cyber capabilities and law enforcement authorities with the private sector's cyber defenses, said Cairncross at the Munich Cyber Security Conference.

"Human beings are at the core of these decision-making processes, and so incentive schemes work, and I think governments certainly the United States government have many ways to incentivize or disincentivize behavior [from adversaries]," added Cairncross, who touted the U.S.'s upcoming national cyber strategy that would exacerbate attack costs among adversaries through a whole-of-government approach.

Allied countries and industry partners have also been urged to share their cyber priorities amid increasing geopolitical tensions.