Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015

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United States federal law cybersecurity law information sharing law

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 is a U.S. federal law that facilitates the sharing of cyber threat information between private companies and the government to improve national cybersecurity while addressing privacy and civil liberties concerns.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cybersecurity Act of 2015	2
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 canonical	1
Division N – Cybersecurity Act of 2015	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T126743 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
Context triple: [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, relatedTo, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015]

A. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 is a U.S. federal law that formally established the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security to lead national efforts to protect critical infrastructure from cyber and physical threats.
B. USA FREEDOM Act
The USA FREEDOM Act is a 2015 U.S. law that reformed government surveillance authorities, notably curbing bulk collection of Americans’ phone records while renewing and modifying key intelligence-gathering powers.
C. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 is a U.S. federal law that set defense policy and funding for 2020 and notably established the United States Space Force as a new branch of the armed forces.
D. USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 is a U.S. federal law that renewed and modified key surveillance and counterterrorism provisions of the original USA PATRIOT Act, adding some new civil liberties safeguards and oversight measures.
E. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the procedures for physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information, particularly for national security and counterintelligence purposes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
Target entity description: The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 is a U.S. federal law that facilitates the sharing of cyber threat information between private companies and the government to improve national cybersecurity while addressing privacy and civil liberties concerns.

A. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 is a U.S. federal law that formally established the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security to lead national efforts to protect critical infrastructure from cyber and physical threats.
B. USA FREEDOM Act
The USA FREEDOM Act is a 2015 U.S. law that reformed government surveillance authorities, notably curbing bulk collection of Americans’ phone records while renewing and modifying key intelligence-gathering powers.
C. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 is a U.S. federal law that set defense policy and funding for 2020 and notably established the United States Space Force as a new branch of the armed forces.
D. USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 is a U.S. federal law that renewed and modified key surveillance and counterterrorism provisions of the original USA PATRIOT Act, adding some new civil liberties safeguards and oversight measures.
E. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the procedures for physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information, particularly for national security and counterintelligence purposes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ cybersecurity law ⓘ information sharing law ⓘ
addresses	civil liberties concerns ⓘ privacy concerns ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ⓘ surface form: Cybersecurity Act of 2015
appliesTo	federal government agencies ⓘ private sector entities ⓘ state and local governments ⓘ
authorizes	real-time sharing of cyber threat indicators with federal agencies ⓘ use of shared information for cybersecurity purposes ⓘ use of shared information for investigation and prosecution of certain offenses ⓘ
codifiedIn	United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	breadth of information sharing with intelligence agencies ⓘ potential impact on privacy ⓘ
designates	Office of Intelligence and Analysis (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) ⓘ surface form: Department of Homeland Security as primary portal for information sharing
effectiveDate	2015-12-18 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
focusesOn	information sharing frameworks ⓘ public-private cybersecurity collaboration ⓘ
legislativeChamberOfOrigin	United States Senate ⓘ
limitsUseOfInformationTo	cybersecurity purposes and specified law enforcement uses ⓘ
opposedBy	civil liberties organizations ⓘ digital privacy advocates ⓘ
partOf	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 ⓘ
policyArea	cybersecurity ⓘ national security ⓘ privacy law ⓘ
primaryPurpose	facilitate sharing of cyber threat information ⓘ improve national cybersecurity ⓘ
provides	liability protections for companies that share cyber threat information ⓘ protections for monitoring information systems for cybersecurity purposes ⓘ
regulates	sharing of cyber threat indicators ⓘ sharing of defensive measures ⓘ
relatedTo	Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 ⓘ USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
requires	periodic reports to Congress on implementation ⓘ privacy and civil liberties guidelines ⓘ removal of personal information from shared cyber threat indicators ⓘ
shortName	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ surface form: CISA
signedBy	Barack Obama ⓘ
signingDate	2015-12-18 ⓘ
supportedBy	business and industry groups ⓘ many large technology and telecommunications companies ⓘ
titleInAppropriationsAct	Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Division N – Cybersecurity Act of 2015
yearOfPassage	2015 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 → relatedTo → Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ⓘ

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 → titleInAppropriationsAct → Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Division N – Cybersecurity Act of 2015

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 → alsoKnownAs → Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cybersecurity Act of 2015

National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center → legalBasis → Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ⓘ