The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center got a significant boost in global recognition in the wake of the 2012-2013 distributed denial-of-service attacks waged against leading U.S. banks and financial firms. Without banks’ willingness to proactively share information with law enforcement, Operation SAMBRE would not have been a success. Information sharing in the U.K. could get a boost from the General Data Protection Regulation, which takes effect in May 2018. The more accustomed banks and others get to sharing cyber threat details with each other and law enforcement the easier GDPR compliance will be.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/information-sharing-powerful-crime-fighting-weapon-p-2320