Public-private cybersecurity partnerships are good for business

Discussions of the national cybersecurity ecosystem — that is, the combination of government and commercial stakeholders who secure U.S. public infrastructure and private enterprise — often center on national security. And, of course, public-private partnerships are vital for that very reason. Sometimes forgotten in the conversation, however, are the positive business impacts such partnerships can have for individual enterprise organizations themselves. 

The desire to forge and strengthen public-private partnerships is clearly present: 93% of cyber decision-makers feel public-private partnerships are vital to national cyber defense, according to a report from RSA Conference and MeriTalk titled “Reimagining Public-Private Partnerships: Minimizing Systematic Risk and Transforming National Cybersecurity Resilience.” Additionally, 91% feel systemic risk is one of the biggest threats to national and economic security.