Information Sharing and Analysis Center
An Information Sharing and Analysis Center or (ISAC) is a nonprofit organization that provides a central resource for gathering information on cyber threats to critical infrastructure and providing two-way sharing of information between the private and public sector.[1][2]
United States
In the United States, ISACs assist federal and local governments with information pertaining to cyber threats.[3]
The National Council of ISACs (NCI Directorate) members [4] include:
- Automotive (Auto-ISAC)
- Aviation (A-ISAC)
- Defense Industrial Base (DIB-ISAC)
- Emergency Services (EMR-ISAC)
- Electricity (E-ISAC)
- Financial Services (FS-ISAC)
- Information Technology (IT-ISAC)
- Maritime Security ISAC
- Multi-State ISAC (MS-ISAC)
- Communications ISAC (NCC)
- National Health (NH-ISAC)
- Nuclear (NEI)
- Oil and Gas (ONG-ISAC)
- Public Transit (PT-ISAC)
- Real Estate (RE-ISAC)
- Research & Education (REN-ISAC)
- Supply Chain (SC-ISAC)
- Surface Transportaion (ST-ISAC)
- Water ISAC (Water-ISAC)
India
In India, the National Security Database includes an ISAC project which has provided information pertaining to critical vulnerabilities in both the private and public sector.[5]
References
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=4dTRdmJf8mQC&pg=PA51&dq=isac+government&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7w4QVZ7-KsXIsATkqYCQCw&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=isac%20government&f=false
- ^ https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/02/12/fact-sheet-executive-order-promoting-private-sector-cybersecurity-inform
- ^ http://www.boozallen.com/content/dam/boozallen/documents/building-the-next-generation-isac_fs.pdf
- ^ http://www.isaccouncil.org/memberisacs.html
- ^ http://nsd.org.in/