Tech sector stakeholders highlight CISA 2015 impact to Hill staff as deadline for reauthorization looms

Leaders from the Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council emphasized the importance of reauthorizing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, which is set to expire on Sept. 30, at a briefing for Capitol Hill staffers.

CISA 2015 took a different approach from previous efforts on cybersecurity through moving away from regulation to provide market incentives for information sharing, including liability and antitrust protections, according to Larry Clinton of the Internet Security Alliance.

Clinton said CISA 2015 is “the most successful...