Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015

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United States federal law cybersecurity law information sharing law

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 is a U.S. federal law that facilitates the sharing of cyber threat information between private companies and the government to improve national cybersecurity while addressing privacy and civil liberties concerns.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cybersecurity Act of 2015	2
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 canonical	1
Division N – Cybersecurity Act of 2015	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ cybersecurity law ⓘ information sharing law ⓘ
addresses	civil liberties concerns ⓘ privacy concerns ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ⓘ surface form: Cybersecurity Act of 2015
appliesTo	federal government agencies ⓘ private sector entities ⓘ state and local governments ⓘ
authorizes	real-time sharing of cyber threat indicators with federal agencies ⓘ use of shared information for cybersecurity purposes ⓘ use of shared information for investigation and prosecution of certain offenses ⓘ
codifiedIn	United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	breadth of information sharing with intelligence agencies ⓘ potential impact on privacy ⓘ
designates	Office of Intelligence and Analysis (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) ⓘ surface form: Department of Homeland Security as primary portal for information sharing
effectiveDate	2015-12-18 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
focusesOn	information sharing frameworks ⓘ public-private cybersecurity collaboration ⓘ
legislativeChamberOfOrigin	United States Senate ⓘ
limitsUseOfInformationTo	cybersecurity purposes and specified law enforcement uses ⓘ
opposedBy	civil liberties organizations ⓘ digital privacy advocates ⓘ
partOf	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 ⓘ
policyArea	cybersecurity ⓘ national security ⓘ privacy law ⓘ
primaryPurpose	facilitate sharing of cyber threat information ⓘ improve national cybersecurity ⓘ
provides	liability protections for companies that share cyber threat information ⓘ protections for monitoring information systems for cybersecurity purposes ⓘ
regulates	sharing of cyber threat indicators ⓘ sharing of defensive measures ⓘ
relatedTo	Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 ⓘ USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
requires	periodic reports to Congress on implementation ⓘ privacy and civil liberties guidelines ⓘ removal of personal information from shared cyber threat indicators ⓘ
shortName	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ surface form: CISA
signedBy	Barack Obama ⓘ
signingDate	2015-12-18 ⓘ
supportedBy	business and industry groups ⓘ many large technology and telecommunications companies ⓘ
titleInAppropriationsAct	Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Division N – Cybersecurity Act of 2015
yearOfPassage	2015 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 → relatedTo → Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ⓘ

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 → titleInAppropriationsAct → Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Division N – Cybersecurity Act of 2015

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 → alsoKnownAs → Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cybersecurity Act of 2015

National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center → legalBasis → Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cybersecurity Act of 2015