Thursday, February 18, 2016

Sharing of Cyber Threat Indicators and Defensive Measures by the Federal Government under the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015

On December 18, 2015, the President signed the #Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) into law. Congress designed CISA to create a voluntary cybersecurity information sharing process that will encourage public and private sector entities to share cyber threat information while protecting classified information, intelligence sources and methods, and privacy and civil liberties. 

CISA requires the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the Attorney General, in consultation with the heads of appropriate federal entities, to jointly develop and issue procedures to facilitate and promote the sharing of classified and unclassified CTIs and DMs by the Federal Government and other information and best practices related to mitigating cyber threats. This document fulfills that requirement.

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