New coalition will enter legal debate over industry’s role in government cyber missions

A new Washington initiative seeks to shape policy debates over how the government and private sector collaborate on cyber operations, a conversation that will inevitably raise complex questions about the legal authorities governing industry’s role, participants say.

Venable’s Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law launched the Cyber Operations Policy Coalition this week, seeking to be a “trusted forum for collaboration among industry, government, legal experts, academia, and civil society to help develop policy frameworks for collective cyber defense,” according to its mission statement. 

At a launch event Wednesday, current and former officials concurred that stakeholders will need to confront unresolved questions about legal authorities, liability and the rules of the road for companies before deeper public‑private cyber operations can truly scale.

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