ISAO SO Issues Call for participants and information.
Press Release Summary:
Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) Standards Organization (SO) seeks participants and input to assist in developing standards for ISAOs. On December 7, SO requested data on specific best practices, documents, and templates for use by entities forming ISAOs. SO is also soliciting volunteers to populate 6 standards working groups that will help develop principles, policies, processes, standards, guidelines, and templates to promote effective cybersecurity information sharing.
Original Press Release:
Call for Participants and Input Sought on Standards for Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations
The Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) Standards Organization (SO) is seeking participants and information to assist in the development of standards for ISAOs.
On February 20, 2015, President Obama issued Executive Order 13691, Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing, to foster information sharing about cybersecurity risks and incidents among private-sector entities and the federal government. The order called for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to select through an open and competitive process a standards organization (SO) to identify a common set of voluntary standards or guidelines for the creation and functioning of ISAOs. Following a notice of funding opportunity announcement, the role of SO was awarded by DHS to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) with support from the Logistics Management Institute (LMI) and the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC). A first public meeting of the SO was held on November 9 in Tysons, Virginia, following similar events held earlier by DHS.
On December 7, the SO sent out a data call requesting specific best practices, documents, and templates that can be used by entities that are forming ISAOs. In addition, the SO is soliciting volunteers to populate six initial standards working groups that will help develop the principles, policies, processes, standards, guidelines, and templates to promote effective cybersecurity information sharing. A second public meeting of the SO is scheduled to be held on the campus of UTSA on February 9, 2016.
Questions or comments should be directed to ISAO@lmi.org.
