Trump Administration Eyes 10-Year Extension of Cybersecurity Law

The Trump administration prefers a 10-year extension of a law that helps information sharing about cybersecurity threats between companies and the federal government.

“We want it for as long as possible. Ten-year reauthor would be great. And what we need from industry is an echo chamber up on the Hill to make to help make that happen,” National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said Tuesday in remarks at a Washington DC technology conference. “But when the people who are actually affected by this start to weigh in with members, that has an even greater impact.”

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of ...