Shortterm renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown The Record from Recorded Future News

pppLeadershipppCybercrimeppNationstatepp Influence Operations ppTechnologyppCyber DailyppClick Here Podcastpp Free Newsletterpp A deal to reopen the US government would also renew an expired cybersecurity information sharing law until the end of January pp The Senate on Sunday advanced legislation to end a weekslong shutdown stalemate that includes a provision to reauthorize the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act through January 30 pp The law which incentivizes private entities to share threat data with the federal government with antitrust and liability safeguards expired at the end of September The lapse has sparked widespread concerns that information sharing between the two camps could slow or stop altogether  pp However a senior US official recently said such efforts are holding steady pp House lawmakers must still vote on the funding deal before President Donald Trump can sign it into law Decisions about that vote have not been announced pp If the shortterm bill is enacted Congress will still face decisions about the fate of the cyber law known as CISA 2015 pp In September the House Homeland Security Committee approved legislation that would extend the law for a decade with some updates  pp Last month Sens Gary Peters MI the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security Committee and Mike Rounds RSD introduced a bill that would similarly renew the law for ten years and provide retroactive protections for entities that shared threat information with the government despite the lapse of authority pp One possible roadblock is Sen Rand Paul RKY who chairs the Homeland Security panel and has consistently thwarted Peters and others on the Senate floor from passing a reauthorization by a voice vote during the shutdown pp The Trump administration meanwhile wants a clean 10year renewal of the law pp Its a commonsense law National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said last month at the Palo Alto Networks Public Sector Ignite 2025 conference  pp The White House is pushing for a 10year clean reauthorization of this authority Its something that we want to see done Its important to national security and it fosters the sort of collaboration not only amongst the private sector but between the public and private sector thats vital ppMartin Matishakppis the senior cybersecurity reporter for The Record Prior to joining Recorded Future News in 2021 he spent more than five years at Politico where he covered digital and national security developments across Capitol Hill the Pentagon and the US intelligence community He previously was a reporter at The Hill National Journal Group and Inside Washington PublishersppPrivacyppAboutppContact Uspp Copyright 2025 The Record from Recorded Future Newsp