Regulations threaten industry-led approach to cybersecurity

A major business group representing all critical infrastructure sectors — including energy, telecom and financial services — is rallying behind an industry-led, voluntary approach to cybersecurity that industry believes is threatened by tighter government controls.

Industry’s goal is to promote the 2014 framework of cybersecurity standards as the basis of the nation’s strategy in cyberspace. This is the centerpiece of a planned, high-profile business initiative in support of a nonregulatory approach to cybersecurity.