Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. talks with Sen. Bob Casey D-Pa. during a procedural vote on the bipartisan federal omnibus spending legislation on Dec. 20. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
The $1.7 trillion bill gives the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center $43 million to expand its cyber services to state and local governments.
As sophisticated cyberattacks become more widespread, evidence points towards information sharing groups as a key defensive strategy, say CIS’ Randy Rose.