White House Outlines Parameters for Withholding Security Vulnerability Information
Why wouldn’t the government disclose a cybersecurity vulnerability? According to a White House blog post, it could mean foregoing “an opportunity to collect crucial intelligence that could thwart a terrorist attack, stop the theft of our nation’s intellectual property, or even discover more dangerous vulnerabilities that are being used by hackers or other adversaries to exploit our networks,” writes White House cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel.
As vulnerabilities appear to be assessed on a case-by-case basis for disclosure, The Verge reports, Daniel writes that among the considerations when making that decision are the following nine questions: