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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Monday announced that its cooperative agreement with the Center for Internet Security, the Upstate New York nonprofit that runs the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, will conclude Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The federal cybersecurity agency said that the end of the agreement, which had been planned for the end of the fiscal year at the close of the month Tuesday, marks a transition to \u201ca new model\u201d of supporting state and local government agencies in protecting their systems against digital threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCISA is supporting our SLTT partners with access to grant funding, no-cost tools, and cybersecurity expertise to be resilient and lead at the local level,\u201d CISA\u2019s announcement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CISA\u2019s announcement also refers to the decision not to renew the Center\u2019s funding as reflective of its \u201cfocused approach emphasizes CISA\u2019s role as the nation\u2019s leading cyber defense agency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news confirms what many state and local cybersecurity officials had feared<\/a> in recent months as CISA has incrementally diminished support not only for its own divisions, but also at the Center for Internet Security, which has for the past two decades provided state and local governments with free and low-cost cybersecurity services, along with access to a nationwide threat information-sharing network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an emailed statement, the nonprofit’s president and chief executive, John Gilligan, confirmed the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“While we are disappointed by this decision, as a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, CIS remains committed to the SLTT community,” Gilligan wrote. “The new fee-based membership model for the MS-ISAC will permit it to continue to deliver high-impact cybersecurity services including threat intelligence in a variety of forms and formats, best practices and collaboration opportunities, and effective monitoring, blocking, and response to cyber attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nonprofit first saw its Elections Infrastructure ISAC lose all federal support<\/a> last February, followed by cuts to the MS-ISAC<\/a> in March, leading it to provide millions in gap funding. Unable to maintain such a financial arrangement, the Center updated its website in recent months in anticipation of CISA\u2019s plan not to renew its funding: It will charge its members based on the size of their operating budgets, with large discounts or free membership available to those that can\u2019t afford it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to CISA\u2019s Monday announcement, it will \u201ccontinue to collaborate\u201d with MS-ISAC on \u201cinformation sharing and joint products, consistent with its engagement across the broader ISAC community.\u201d CISA recommended that state or local agencies using Albert sensors, devices that alert administrators of abnormal network activity on their elections systems, continue coordinating with MS-ISAC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CISA listed in its announcement the services it will continue to provide state and local agencies, such as providing grant funding through the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, which Congress is considering renewing<\/a> (and expanding) beyond the initial four-year program, and the Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program. CISA also cites other free offerings, such as cyber hygiene scans, phishing assessments, vulnerability management, performance measurement tools, regional advisers and bi-monthly security operations center calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corrected Oct. 3, 2025: The cost of MS-ISAC membership was originally cited as being a function of the member’s IT operating budget. The cost is in fact based on the supported parts of the organization’s overall operating budget.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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