Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018

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United States federal law

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 is a U.S. federal law that formally established the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security to lead national efforts to protect critical infrastructure from cyber and physical threats.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
CISA Act of 2018	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
amends	Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ
appliesTo	federal civilian executive branch information systems ⓘ
authorizes	cybersecurity assistance to critical infrastructure owners and operators ⓘ information sharing on cyber threats and vulnerabilities ⓘ
codifies	mission of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creates	position of Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ
designates	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ surface form: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as lead federal agency for critical infrastructure security
effectiveDate	2018-11-16 ⓘ
enactedBy	115th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ
field	cybersecurity policy ⓘ infrastructure security policy ⓘ
focusesOn	incident response coordination for cyber incidents ⓘ protection of federal networks ⓘ risk management for critical infrastructure ⓘ support to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments on cybersecurity ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. federal agencies ⓘ surface form: United States federal civilian agencies
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
partOf	United States cybersecurity law ⓘ
placesWithin	United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ surface form: Department of Homeland Security
primaryPurpose	to coordinate national efforts against cyber threats ⓘ to coordinate national efforts against physical threats to critical infrastructure ⓘ to enhance the security and resilience of United States critical infrastructure ⓘ to establish the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within the Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 115-278 ⓘ
regulates	organization of cybersecurity functions within the Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
relatedTo	Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ⓘ Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ
reorganizes	National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ
resultedIn	elevation of National Protection and Programs Directorate to agency status as CISA ⓘ
sector	law ⓘ
shortName	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CISA Act of 2018
signedBy	Donald Trump ⓘ
signingDate	2018-11-16 ⓘ
subjectMatter	critical infrastructure protection ⓘ cybersecurity ⓘ federal government organization ⓘ homeland security ⓘ
yearOfEnactment	2018 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency → createdBy → Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 ⓘ

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency → legalBasis → Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 ⓘ

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 → shortName → Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CISA Act of 2018

Public Law 115-278 → shortName → Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 ⓘ