Trade Groups Urge Congress to Reauthorize Cyberthreat-Sharing Law
Summary
Business groups are urging congressional leaders to renew the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 before its Dec. 11 expiration. The House-backed defense bill includes a 10-year extension; the Senate version does not.
Key points
- The Business Roundtable, American Bankers Association and 33 other associations wrote to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders on Nov. 1 urging reauthorization.
- The law provides companies liability protections and antitrust exemptions for sharing cyberthreat information with the federal government and one another.
- The House-passed defense bill includes a 10-year extension; the Senate version has no extension.
- A separate House-backed proposal would allow one-time information sharing with AI developers and some critical infrastructure operators, add oversight requirements and establish outreach for small and rural operators.
- Industry groups warn that losing the law's protections could discourage companies from sharing threat data with the government.
- The article says Sen. Rand Paul has opposed a clean long-term extension and circulated a proposal pairing a two-year renewal with cuts to the law's main legal protections.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Trade associations lobbied congressional leaders to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015.
- Impact
- The law provides private-sector companies liability protections and antitrust exemptions for sharing cyberthreat information with the federal government and one another. Its authorization is due to expire Dec. 11; the associations warned that losing those protections could discourage sharing with the government and slow companies' response to threats.
People
Donald TrumpThe article reports that he signed a stopgap spending bill on Sept. 2 that provided the law's most recent extension.Rand PaulThe article identifies the senator as an obstacle to renewal who has pushed to attach language from his Free Speech Protection Act to a long-term deal and circulated a draft pairing a two-year renewal with cuts to the law's main legal protections.