Omnibus appropriations bill features cyber incident reporting mandate, funding for CISA initiatives

The House today will vote on an omnibus fiscal 2022 appropriations bill that includes legislation creating a mandatory cyber incident reporting regime under CISA, emergency support for Ukraine and a funding bump-up for CISA as part of DHS’ annual appropriation.

The package includes the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act, setting up a 72-hour timeframe for entities to report incidents to CISA and a 24-hour requirement to inform the agency of any ransomware payments. It directs CISA to...