04/12/2025

Congress faces crucial decision on renewing Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act before September expiry, CRS reports

Industrial Cyber

A recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report detailed that a decade-old federal framework that enables cybersecurity information sharing between the government and private sector is set to expire on Sept.30, 2025. Originally enacted to strengthen collective defenses against cyber threats, the authorization has become a cornerstone of national cybersecurity strategy. As the provisions in this authorization are set to expire, industry groups are urging Congress to renew the provisions, warning that losing this legal foundation could weaken threat intelligence coordination at a critical time.

Chris Jaikaran, a cybersecurity policy specialist, wrote in the CRS report that Congress may choose to do a clean extension, whereby only the expiration of the act is amended to a later date. “Congress may also choose to alter other aspects of the act in legislation that amends the expiration date. Congress may also choose alternative legislative vehicles entirely in lieu of or in addition to extension of the act.”