The U.S. is struggling to find the right level of public/private cooperation and responsibility assignment to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure. Public and private sector actors often approach cybersecurity from different perspectives. Public-private sharing is also imbalanced because the government has the upper hand in getting what it wants, an NSS Labs report says. “The private sector takes the time to differentiate between threats and risks, while the public sector doesn’t do that,” an expert says. A better understanding by government and industry of the relationship between security and compliance is important.”]

