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ISAO Standards Documents

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The ISAO Standards Organization, led by the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS), has published initial voluntary guidelines for use and implementation by emerging and established ISAOs. These publications have been developed in response to Presidential Executive Order 13691 to provide guidelines for robust and effective information sharing and analysis related to cybersecurity risks, incidents and best practices.

The documents have been developed through an open, transparent consensus-based process and represent the collaboration of over 160 experts from industry, government and academia, combined with the input and feedback of the public. The ISAO document series continue to grow and evolve to serve the community with additional publications. If you have any comments or suggestions relating to these documents, you may submit them using our published product comment form found on ISAO.org.

ISAO-100-1 Introduction to ISAO
ISAO-100-1 Introduction to ISAO

The ISAO 100-1: Introduction to Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (ISAO) document serves as an introduction to the topic of […]

ISAO-100-2: Guidelines for Establishing an ISAO
ISAO-100-2: Guidelines for Establishing an ISAO

The document ISAO 100-2: Guidelines for Establishing an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization provides a set of guidelines for establishing […]

ISAO-200-1 Foundational Services and Capabilities
ISAO-200-1 Foundational Services and Capabilities

Appendix A of the ISAO 100-2: Guidelines for Establishing an ISAO document introduces a list of several services and capabilities—categorized […]

ISAO-300-1 Introduction to Information Sharing
ISAO-300-1 Introduction to Information Sharing

The ISAO 300-1: Introduction to Information Sharing document introduces the topic of cybersecurity information sharing. The intent is to provide […]

ISAO-300-2 Automated Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing
ISAO-300-2 Automated Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing
ISAO-400-1 Emerging State and Local Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations Impacting Information Sharing
ISAO-400-1 Emerging State and Local Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations Impacting Information Sharing
ISAO-400-1 Emerging State and Local Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations Impacting Information Sharing
ISAO-400-1 Emerging State and Local Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations Impacting Information Sharing
ISAO-600-1 A Framework for State level ISAOs
ISAO-600-1 A Framework for State level ISAOs

In February 2015, then-President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13691, describing the critical need for cybersecurity information sharing and strongly […]

ISAO-600-2 US Government Relations Programs and Services
ISAO-600-2 US Government Relations Programs and Services

The objective of the ISAO 600-2: U.S. Government Relations, Programs, and Services document is to identify preliminary matters of policy […]

ISAO-700-1 Introduction to Analysis
ISAO-700-1 Introduction to Analysis

The purpose of analysis is to produce intelligence that decreases uncertainty in decision making and therefore reduces risk. The ISAO […]

ISAO-SP-1000 Forming a Tax Exempt Entity
ISAO-SP-1000 Forming a Tax Exempt Entity

The ISAO Special Publications 1000: Forming a Tax Exempt Entity document serves as a high-level overview of tax-exempt legal entity […]

ISAO-SP-4000 Protecting Consumer Privacy in Cybersecurity Information Sharing
ISAO-SP-4000 Protecting Consumer Privacy in Cybersecurity Information Sharing

The purpose of the ISAO Special Publication 4000: Protecting Consumer Privacy in Cybersecurity Information Sharing guide is to assist risk […]

ISAO-SP-8000 FAQs for ISAO General Counsels
ISAO-SP-8000 FAQs for ISAO General Counsels

Broadening participation in voluntary information sharing is an important goal, the success of which will fuel the creation of an […]

SP6001 Enabling Private-Public Partnerships (PPPs) for Information Sharing
SP6001 Enabling Private-Public Partnerships (PPPs) for Information Sharing

The pervasiveness of the nation-state adversarial threat to the cybersecurity of every entity – and the challenges in mitigating such […]

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