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Cameron is on a two-day visit to Washington
focused on the economy and security, and is due to have a second
meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday at the White
House.
"We have got hugely capable cyber defences, we have got the
expertise and that is why we should combine as we are going to,
set up cyber cells on both sides of the Atlantic to share
information," Cameron told the BBC in an interview aired on
Friday.
The cooperation between Britain's GCHQ eavesdropping agency and
the U.S. National Security Agency will include joint war games,
with the first exercise later this year to involve the Bank of
England and commercial banks in both the City of London and Wall
Street, the BBC reported.
"This is a real signal it is time to step up the efforts and to
do more," said Cameron.
The British leader said he also planned to discuss with Obama
how the two countries could work more closely with big Internet
companies such as Facebook and Google to monitor communications
between terror suspects.
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Dominic Evans)
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