Number of cybersecurity volunteer groups growing
The CTI League is not alone in rounding up cybersecurity volunteers to help organizations, particularly healthcare organizations, during the coronavirus crisis. Another group called the COVID-19 Cyber Threat Coalition consists of several thousand volunteer security experts who are tracking online cybercriminal activity, particular the rise in new health-related domains that appear ripe for malicious activity.
Weiss says his team plans to work this group and other ad hoc emerging volunteer groups in much the same way his ISAC is working with the CTI League, namely by grabbing the indicators they have and sharing them with the group’s members.
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Yet another group, Cyber Volunteers 19, was set up in the UK by Lisa Forte, founder of RedGoatCyber, along with cybersecurity practitioners Daniel Card and Radoslaw Gnat. CV19 says its primary purpose is to facilitate and enable a volunteer matchmaking that gives healthcare services access to a pool of cybersecurity experts.
As the number of volunteer efforts grow to help tackle COVID-19 threats and scams, it’s clear the current crisis has brought many members of the industry together with a sense of common purpose. “We’ve never seen this level of collaboration across the board for all aspects of the problems that are cropping up due to the pandemic,” Rogers said.