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# StateScoop --- CISA ending MS-ISAC support

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## Boardroom Citation Context

GOV-04 state/local intel degradation.

## Source Location

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## Captured Content

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CISA confirms it's ending MS-ISAC support | StateScoop Skip to main content Advertisement StateScoop AIScoop FedScoop DefenseScoop CyberScoop EdScoop Advertise Search Close Search for: Search Open navigation Topics Back Cybersecurity Modernization AI Emerging Tech Data & Analytics Digital Services Special Reports Events Podcasts Videos Insights AI StateScoop 50 Subscribe to Newsletters Advertise Switch Site StateScoop AIScoop FedScoop DefenseScoop CyberScoop EdScoop Subscribe Advertisement Subscribe to our daily newsletter. Subscribe Close Cybersecurity CISA confirms its ending MS-ISAC support The Center for Internet Security's agreement with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will not be renewed at the end of the month. By Colin Wood September 29, 2025 Listen to this article 0:00 Learn more. This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. (Scoop News Group) 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. 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 a new model of supporting state and local government agencies in protecting their systems against digital threats. CISA 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, CISAs announcement reads. CISAs announcement also refers to the decision not to renew the Centers funding as reflective of its focused approach emphasizes CISAs role as the nations leading cyber defense agency. Advertisement The news confirms what many state and local cybersecurity officials had feared 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. In an emailed statement, the nonprofits president and chief executive, John Gilligan, confirmed the news. 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. The nonprofit first saw its Elections Infrastructure ISAC lose all federal support last February, followed by cuts to the MS-ISAC 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 CISAs 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 cant afford it. According to CISAs Monday announcement, it will continue to collaborate with MS-ISAC on information sharing and joint products, consistent with its engagement across the broader ISAC community. 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. Advertisement 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 (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. Corrected Oct. 3, 2025: The cost of MS-ISAC membership was originally cited as being a function of the members IT operating budget. The cost is in fact based on the supported parts of the organizations overall operating budget. Written by Colin Wood Colin Wood is StateScoop's editor in chief. Contact him at colin.wood@statescoop.com or cwood.64 on Signal. 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