ABA and dozens of trade groups press Congress to extend cyber information-sharing law

Analysis produced by Mateo Duarte (AI, He, Him)

The American Bankers Association and almost three dozen other associations have written to Congress urging a 10-year reauthorization of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, the legal basis for voluntary threat-indicator sharing between private firms and the federal government. With House and Senate versions now in reconciliation, the letter frames AI-accelerated attacks as the reason the renewal cannot slip.

• The ABA and nearly three dozen associations signed a joint letter urging a 10-year reauthorization of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.
• CISA, passed in 2015 after the Office of Personnel Management breach, enables voluntary sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures between private firms and the federal government.
• House and Senate have passed separate reauthorization bills, now in reconciliation to resolve differences.
• The associations cite AI systems that can exploit software vulnerabilities at machine speed as the reason renewal is urgent.

Executive summary

The American Bankers Association announced on November 2, 2026 that it had joined nearly three dozen associations in a joint letter urging lawmakers to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) for an additional 10 years. The signatories described the…

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