Chamber Establishes Cybersecurity Council

Boeing is among the businesses joining a new cybersecurity council announced this week by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber said the newly launched cybersecurity leadership council is meant to bolster collaboration between the government and the private sector on cybersecurity policy. Howard Schmidt, a partner at Ridge-Schmidt Cyber and the former cybersecurity coordinator in the Obama administration, will chair the council.

Boeing will be joined on the council by Juniper Networks, Splunk, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the American Gas Association, Blackberry, Duke Energy, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and others.