The Supply Chain Information Sharing and Analysis Center (SC-ISAC) collects, analyzes and disseminates security intelligence across the Supply Chain Industry. At the heart of SC-ISAC is SC-investigate, a web-based application for the collection, analysis and dissemination of information relating to cargo theft, counterfeit product, illegal diversion and organizations behind smuggling operations.
Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs) were created as a result of Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PDD-63) in 1998. The directive emphasized that, because 90% of the nation’s critical infrastructures are owned and operated by the private sector, a public and private partnership is needed to share information about physical and cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and incidents to help protect the critical infrastructures of the United States.
PDD-63 was updated in 2003 with Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-7 to reaffirm the partnership mission. Today there are thirteen ISACs for critical infrastructure including the Financial Services, Electric, Energy and Surface Transportation sectors.
The definition of an ISAC is "a trusted, sector specific, entity which provides to its constituency a 24/7 Secure Operating Capability that establishes the sector’s specific information/intelligence requirements for incidents, threats and vulnerabilities. Based on its sector focused subject matter analytical expertise, the ISAC then collects, analyzes and disseminates alerts and incident reports to its membership and helps the government understand impacts for its sector."
There are four required characteristics of the information sharing and analysis structure necessary to support private and public industry:
1. Trusted information sharing and analysis structure;
2. Trusted sector to sector relationships;
3. Private sector subject matter experts;
4. International reach
Visit and/or join the SC-ISAC today by visiting https://secure.sc-investigate.net/SC-ISAC/ISACHome.aspx.