Veritas Joins IT Sector Coordinating Council

Veritas Technologies, LLC. announced its membership on the IT Sector Coordinating Council (IT SCC).

It will collaborate with other IT SCC members; the US Department of Homeland Security; and additional federal, state, local, tribal and territorial government agencies to help foster and facilitate initiatives and policies that improve the nation’s overall cyber resilience.

It will bring its expertise in managing and protecting data across clouds and on-premises platforms to the council as ransomware and other cyber threats targeting critical data continue to rise.

Tim Burlowski, global lead of cyber resilience and data protection strategy, Veritas, said: “In today’s digital age, government and critical infrastructure rely completely on data. Without it, the services and resources people depend on grind to a halt. Cybercriminals are threatening critical industries with millions of ransomware attacks each year targeting that data. It’s more important than ever that private and public sectors increase collaboration through efforts like the IT SCC to safeguard our IT infrastructure and the data at its core.“

Among other activities, Veritas will participate in IT SCC functions such as identifying vulnerabilities, interdependencies, risk assessments and risk management methodologies related to critical infrastructure protection; developing sector recommendations for preparedness and incident response and recovery plans; and improving information sharing among IT sector members, government entities and other industry sectors.

Kristen Verderame, VP of global government relations, NetApp, Inc. and chair of the IT SCC, said: “The IT SCC welcomes Veritas to our ranks of top IT sector companies and associations with the shared goal of improving government and critical infrastructure security and resilience. We look forward to the invaluable contributions Veritas will make as a leading secure multi-cloud data resilience provider.“

Veritas supports efforts to enhance the collective cybersecurity posture of the US and its strategic international partners. In addition to the IT SCC, it is part of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency initiative that combines the visibility, insight and innovation of the private sector with the capabilities and authorities of the federal cyber ecosystem to collectively drive down cyber risk to the nation at scale.