Deadline nears to extend ‘critical’ cyber info sharing law

The new leader of the powerful House Homeland Security Committee is committed to meeting a tight deadline for reauthorizing a pivotal cybersecurity information sharing law, but wants to see “some changes” to the statute, according to a top aide.

Questions around the process for reauthorizing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 have developed into a crucial early test for new House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.). He was selected to replace former Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) this week.

As chairman of the committee’s cybersecurity and infrastructure protection subcommittee, Garbarino called reauthorizing CISA 2015 a “top priority.” The law expires Sept. 30.

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