The short-term extension seemed to ensure a longer-term renewal of the legislation, as lawmakers, the administration, and industry broadly agree that failure to extend the legal liability protection under CISA 2015 is unacceptable.
“It’s very important,” US Representative Garbarino said at the McCrary event. “It is imperative that it gets passed, and it gets extended. I don’t know how it gets done on its own. I feel like we have to attach it to another must-pass piece as legislation, whether that’s government funding, but we need it passed.”
In an emailed statement, CISA Director of Public Affairs Marci McCarthy tells CSO, “Reauthorizing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 is vital to sustaining this progress — enabling industry and government to share information, respond to incidents, and mitigate cyber risks with speed and precision.”
