{"id":219204,"date":"2026-03-02T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/the-fbis-cyber-chief-is-using-winter-shield-to-accelerate-china-prep-threat-intelligence-sharing\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:20:13","slug":"the-fbis-cyber-chief-is-using-winter-shield-to-accelerate-china-prep-threat-intelligence-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/the-fbis-cyber-chief-is-using-winter-shield-to-accelerate-china-prep-threat-intelligence-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"The FBI\u2019s cyber chief is using Winter SHIELD to accelerate China prep, threat intelligence sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FBI\u2019s cyber chief is using Winter SHIELD to accelerate China prep, threat intelligence sharing<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/brett-leatherman-fbi-cyber-priorities-winter-shield\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-02 15:57:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The FBI\u2019s cyber chief is prioritizing preparation for stepped-up Chinese threats, enhanced confrontation of adversaries in cyberspace and quicker intelligence sharing with industry as the bureau enters the second and final month of a unique cybersecurity awareness campaign.<\/p>\n

Brett Leatherman, who took over as assistant director of the FBI\u2019s cyber division last summer, listed those topics as his three top priorities in a recent interview with CyberScoop. At least two of them overlap considerably with the bureau\u2019s current awareness campaign, Operation Winter SHIELD.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the kind of thing that might normally be more expected to come out of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which once had its own shield-themed campaign, rather than the FBI.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019ve never done a media campaign like this before,\u201d he said. \u201cBut while it\u2019s atypical for a law enforcement agency to do this kind of technical media campaign, we thought it was incredibly important because it translates that law enforcement perspective [into] meaningful ways that industry can move the needle towards increased resilience across critical infrastructure, industry, government agencies and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the campaign, the FBI is highlighting 10 recommendations, like protecting security logs and implementing phishing-resistant authentication, that stem from the FBI\u2019s incident response mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 10 recommendations that we\u2019re making right now are not a surprise to many people out there who work or have cyber over the last few years, but it\u2019s important that we also highlight that these 10 controls are the ways that we continue to see actors getting into fortune 100 businesses and small to medium businesses in virtually 99% or greater of the investigations we run,\u201d Leatherman said.<\/p>\n

The campaign has involved localized events for industry, podcasts, international appearances, coordinated messages with cyber-focused companies and more….<\/p>\n

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