Congressional Appropriators Move to Extend Information-Sharing Law, Fund CISA

Congressional appropriators move to extend information-sharing law, fund CISA

Congressional appropriators announced funding legislation this week that extends an expiring cyber threat information-sharing law and provides $2.6 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), including money for election security and directives on staffing levels. The latest so-called “minibus” package of several spending bills to keep the government funded past a Jan. 30 deadline would extend the Cybersecurity and I…

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Lawmakers move to extend two cyber programs (again) in funding proposal

The extension in the $1.2 trillion funding deal is the latest short-term solution in a monthslong saga for CISA 2015, which provides liability protections to encourage private companies to share digital threat information with the federal government.