Funding for CISA, state info-sharing group and industrial control system initiatives left in limbo after ‘BBB’ collapse

The breakdown in negotiations over Democrats’ “Build Back Better” legislation leaves hundreds of millions of dollars for CISA, including targeted funding for info-sharing and industrial control system security, sitting on the table heading into 2022 with the possibility that this cash infusion will not be enacted.

Norma Krayem, chair of the cybersecurity practice at Van Scoyoc Associates and a former senior official at the departments of Transportation, Commerce and State, cautioned that “the challenges over moving the Build Back Better...