Industry Groups Want Cyber Threat-Sharing Law Renewed Through Defense Authorization Bill

Industry groups want cyber threat-sharing law renewed through defense authorization bill

A coalition of 35 industry groups is urging Congress to use the annual defense policy bill to renew a law that gives companies legal protections when they share information about cyber threats with the federal government. In a Nov. 1 letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, the groups asked negotiators to keep a provision in the House bill that would extend the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 through…

Industry groups urge Congress to renew cyber threat-sharing law through defense authorization

Banks, utilities and other industries want lawmakers to extend liability protections through 2035. A stopgap measure currently keeps them in place until Dec. 11.

Business groups mount fresh campaign for long-term renewal of information sharing law

Major business groups are pressing Congress to include a 10-year renewal of the 2015 cyber threat information sharing law in the annual defense policy bill.

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Major industry groups are clamoring for Congress to include a 10-year extension of a law that they say is essential to cyber threat information sharing in the annual defense policy bill. Congress has mixed a series of short-term renewals and lapses of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) — which provides legal […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!