Large companies concerned that cybersecurity vulnerabilities at smaller partner firms will compromise their own networks and data are participating in an initiative to share defense techniques and make their entire ecosystems less vulnerable to attack.
Microsoft
Corp.
, Mastercard Inc.
Exxon Mobil
Corp.
and
A.P. Moller-Maersk
are joining forces with the nonprofit Cyber Readiness Institute to help the companies they work with better secure their systems, according to CRI managing director Kiersten Todt. CRI, founded by veterans of the Obama administration’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, is collecting cybersecurity best practices from Fortune 500 companies and translating those policies into recommendations for enterprises without the budget for their own security staff.
The nonprofit on July 1 is scheduled to begin the Cyber Readiness Program, a pilot that will disseminate to smaller companies guidance…
