Private Sector Response

Government Response vs. Private Sector Response
Even though the government is expected to ensure that the critical systems, which hold classified information, are secure and to respond to any damage, the private sector’s assistance is still needed. Working together with threat monitoring and detection, incident response, and active defense strategies will provide a more secure system. Therefore, the collaboration with the private sector will enhance significantly to protect valuable data and communications systems and to secure networks. In case of the information breach, the government will work with the private sectors to immediately contain the damage and prevent it from spreading, for example, by recovering records and shutting down the
Collected information and results will be provided to the government for further investigation. The private sector is in charge of ensuring the security of the networks and areas around the systems where the data breach occurred to manage the situation and prevent any loss of evidences and additional data. While the government investigates and deals with the situation, the private sectors will start cleaning, recovering, and securing the system. They will need to consider all alternatives to replace the compromised resources and machines, correct weaknesses found in the affected systems, and rebuild it to meet the acceptable security level. They should be effectively prepared for future threats and work on eliminating as many vulnerabilities as possible. Formal policies and security tools will also be implemented to protect systems and networks and mitigate the damage of the breach. Lastly, the public and private sectors will be required to complete cybersecurity awareness training for all employee to prevent any phishing