A new bill would give the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) the power to identify certain foundational organizations as systemically important critical infrastructure (SICI) to further protect them from cyberattacks.
The Securing Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act, introduced by House Homeland Security Committee ranking member Rep. John Katko (R-NY) and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), would establish a process to designate operations as SICI, require CISA to work with sector risk management agencies to establish the criteria to qualify as SICI and give SICI owners and operators access to prioritized cybersecurity services.
Specifically, here’s what the legislation does:
- Authorizes CISA to establish a transparent, stakeholder-driven process to designate systemically important critical infrastructure.
- Requires CISA to consult with sector risk management agencies (SRMAs) and stakeholders to establish a methodology and criteria to determine what critical infrastructure qualifies as SICI.
- Provides CISA with clear guidance and parameters for establishing SICI criteria.
- Requires CISA to provide SICI…
