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Bipartisan push to reauthorize CISA 2015, witnesses warn of immediate harm if law lapses
Summary
Members of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee and cybersecurity witnesses urged quick reauthorization of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015), saying the law’s liability and privacy protections underpin large-scale sharing and that letting it lapse would chill information exchange and weaken defenses.
The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection opened a hearing warning that the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) must be reauthorized before it expires in September to avoid an immediate and damaging chill on threat information sharing.
The law “provided the legal framework to facilitate cyber information sharing between the federal government and the private sector,” Representative Swalwell said in his opening statement, adding, “We must move quickly to reauthorize CISA 2015 before it expires in September.” Witnesses from industry and security organizations echoed that urgency.
Why it matters: CISA 2015 created a voluntary, liability‑protected channel for sharing…
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