A History Of Information-Sharing Animosity

The CISA bill is only the latest example of a history of animosity between the public and private sectors around information sharing, encryption and other security-related issues. At this year's RSA Conference in San Francisco, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson took the stage to appeal to the security industry about the need for the public and private sectors to work together.

"Cybersecurity must be a partnership between us in government and those in the private sector. There are things government can do for you, and there are things government needs you to do for us, frankly," Johnson said in his keynote address.

The relationship between the two parties, however, is complicated by revelations in recent years about NSA spying, brought forward by Edward Snowden. Partners say those revelations have eroded much of the trust between technology companies and the public sector.