Key Cyber Law's Lapse Could Mute Threat Sharing Nationwide

Congress Faces Pressure to Modernize Cyber Definitions, Safeguards Before Deadline Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • June 24, 2025

A pivotal cybersecurity law is just a few dozen working congressional days from expiring, leading worried analysts to fret that the U.S. federal statute underpinning private sector information sharing could expire - or be hurriedly renewed without improvement.

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, otherwise known as CISA 2015 and not to be confused with the nation's cyber agency, expires Sept. 30. The law has broad bipartisan backing, strong support from the private sector and the chair of the House committee handling its renewal has called reauthorizing it "a top priority this year."

That doesn't mean the law is perfect - far from it, according to public sector cybersecurity ...