The Department of Homeland Security will maintain a critical platform to exchange information about cybersecurity threats even if the federal law that established it expires.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it won’t shutter its automated indicator sharing system, a platform that allows companies, agencies, and other organizations to share real-time information about cyber threats and defensive measures — despite the possible expiration of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. The law will lapse as of Wednesday unless lawmakers preserve it.
The plan means the private sector will still have access to critical cybersecurity information. The law’s expiration, ...