On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) as part of the 2016 omnibus spending bill. CISA encourages businesses and the federal government to share cyber threat information in the interest of national security.
Congress fails to act on cybersecurity information sharing act
The relatively short turnaround of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA or the “Act”) has proved challenging, as a vote initially intended for this week will have to wait until the Senate’s September session, at the earliest.