"The CISA law was due for renewal along with the federal government's continuing funding resolution, but given the Senate's inability to pass it and the government shutdown that followed, Peters and Rounds want it extended without having to wait for the government to reopen in order to do so. The CISA law, for those unfamiliar, establishes a framework and legal protections for companies to share threat indicators with the government and each other."
"It's considered a crucial part of US cybersecurity policy by many, but detractors have long expressed worry over a lack of privacy protections for customer data that may get caught up in threat intel shared with Uncle Sam. Federal agencies also have the right to use information shared under the CISA law for the prosecution of certain crimes beyond cyber threats - another sticking point for those who want the law to die and never come back."
Senators Gary Peters and Mike Rounds introduced the Protecting America from Cyber Threats (PACT) Act to extend the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) by ten years, renaming it throughout the US code. The authorization lapsed during a government shutdown after the Senate failed to renew it alongside the continuing funding resolution, prompting the senators to seek immediate extension without waiting for government reopening. CISA provides a legal framework and protections for companies to share cyber threat indicators with government and each other. Supporters call it crucial for defending critical networks; critics raise privacy and law‑use concerns.
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