Exclusive: Peters, Rounds tee up bill to renew expiring cyber threat information sharing law

Exclusive: Peters, Rounds tee up bill to renew expiring cyber threat information sharing law

A bipartisan pair of senators are kicking off the race Wednesday to reauthorize a 2015 cyber threat information sharing law, a move that industry groups and cyber experts are eager to see happen before it’s set to expire in September. Advocates say the 10-year-old Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has been vital to sharing threat information by providing legal protections to do so through several avenues: between companies, from companies to…

Bill extends cyber threat info-sharing between public, private sector

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, set to expire in September, “moved the needle.”

The cybersecurity law that quietly underpins U.S. digital defenses is about to expire

Nearly a decade after Congress passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015,  the law is facing an uncertain future. Not to be confused with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (which shares the same acronym), the law—often referred to as “CISA 2015” to avoid confusion—was designed to clear the way between private companies and the federal government to more openly share cyber threat data. Supporters argued it would …

Extension of cyber threat info sharing law sought by new bipartisan bill

Mounting cybersecurity threats against the U.S. public and private sectors have prompted Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., to introduce legislation renewing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of…