Defense industry urges CISA to create single ‘channel’ for sharing incident reports under upcoming regime

Leaders from the defense industrial base are urging CISA to consolidate how it will collect mandatory incident reports from the sector into a single “channel” where information is shared between the Defense Department and CISA.

Defense contractors have been required to report cyber incidents to DOD since 2017. CISA is in the process of establishing a mandatory regime for critical infrastructure owners and held listening sessions in the fall to hear from stakeholders. A transcript of the DIB sector...