In a recent survey, 38 percent of companies thought a data breach that was made public was a fireable offense, according to Osterman Research. The benefits of pooling data pooling information about security is good for the industry and for CISOs. CISOs want to be able to demonstrate that relative to their peers, theyre doing everything humanly possible to deter an attack. But companies are loath to disclose such sensitive information, which could be hard to get, beyond ad-hoc sharing among industry peers.”]