Security coalition urges Congress to renew 2015 CISA law

Congress must reauthorize a cybersecurity threat information sharing law before it expires in October, a group of leading technology companies told lawmakers.

The 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act “has enabled rapid dissemination of actionable threat intelligence to protect networks before an incident occurs, more coordinated responses to cyber incidents; and improved situational awareness across multiple sectors,” the Hacking Policy Council said in a letter to House and Senate homeland-security committee leaders.

The council’s members include tech giants Google, Microsoft and Intel; security firm Trend Micro; and bug bounty platforms Bugcrowd, HackerOne and Intigriti. The group advocates for policies that improve vulnerability management, security research and penetration testing.

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