Why Companies Are Forming Cybersecurity Alliances

In the physical world, governments are responsible for keeping citizens and corporations safe from enemies. But when it comes to cybersecurity and cyber attacks, most governments have spent much more time increasing their offensive capabilities than protecting companies and individuals. That’s why, over the last few years, tech-focused companies have begun entering into cybersecurity alliances and pacts with one another. Hundreds of companies — some of them among the largest in the world — have formed groups around goals related to the future of the internet and digital networks. There is evidence that these efforts have indeed begun to advance the global conversation about cybersecurity, which is welcome news. Unless cooperation, between companies as well as between companies and countries, becomes the norm, global cybersecurity is unlikely to improve.