ISAC’s

ISACs originated when the Federal Government issued its policy on Critical Infrastructure Protection, otherwise known as Presidential Decision Directive 63. PDD-63 has been replaced with HSPD-7, to authorize and encourage national critical infrastructures to develop and maintain ISACs between the private sector in cooperation with federal government as a means of strengthening security and protection against cyber and operations attacks.

 

Objectives of the ISAC’s are
• disseminate early warnings of sector specific threats
• share security incident information
• provide trending and other analysis for security planning
• distribute current proven security practices and suggestions
• promote awareness of the interdependencies between cyber and physical critical infrastructure, as well as between and among the different sectors

 

 

• ISAC COUNCIL
• Aviation ISAC (Airports Council International—North America)
• Chemical ISAC (American Chemistry Council)
• Electricity Sector
• Electric Power ISAC (North American Electric Reliability Council)
• Emergency Fire Services (US Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Association)
• Energy (Oil and Gas) ISAC (National Petroleum Council)
• Financial Services ISAC
• Food ISAC (Food Marketing Institute)
• Surface Transportation ISAC (Association of American Railroads)
• Telecommunications ISAC (National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications [NCC])
• Water ISAC (Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies)
• MultiState ISAC