Our Mission
Here at SurviveCyber, our mission is to advance all aspects of cybersecurity, technology, business and organizational resiliency, and security standards through the sharing of threat intelligence. It is our goal to help bolster the cybersecurity posturing of small, micro, and mid-sized businesses across the Nation – to get a step ahead of cyber attacks instead of simply responding.
About Us
The SurviveCyber was formed to provide critical protections and support while addressing the egregious lack of support, affordable technology and services for Small and Mid-sized business. As a private institution, the SurviveCyber provides resources, information and support to increase the cybersecurity posture of SurviveCyber.
The SurviveCyber for America’s Backbone
SurviveCyber is succinctly aware of the lack of affordable cybersecurity technologies and solutions for the small business and the vulnerability that this lack of protection that this creates for the business owner. Recognizing the protections that an ISAO can afford and desiring to create a threat sharing community specifically focused on Small and Mid-sized businesses with cybersecurity partners who care about the small business owner, the SurviveCyber was formed.
The SurviveCyber is a non-governmental organization whose sole mission is to improve the cybersecurity posture of small, micro, and mid-sized businesses across the Nation through effective information sharing and analysis related to cybersecurity risks, incidents, and best practices which affords members critical cybersecurity protections authorized under the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015. Backed by over a decade of experience in threat intelligence
analytics and sponsored by MainNerve, a leading provider of small business friendly compliance solutions, the SurviveCyber acts in partnership with Cyber Support Center, the Cyber Threat Intelligence Network, IBM, Trustar, the ISAO Strategic Organization (ISAO-SO), and the Sports ISAO to provide one of the most comprehensive cybersecurity platforms for the small business owner.
What is an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization?
An Information Sharing and Analysis Organization is an entity authorized under the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) to provide an approved method of sharing cyber threat indicators between industry and the Department of Homeland Security. The CISA law, signed in 2015, authorized the foundation of an ISAO Standards Organization to establish the standards that an ISAO must meet to be recognized as a member and addressed critical issues such as privacy of
information, information sharing methods, and minimum standards. These standards were issued in working drafts in October of 2016.
Why join an information sharing community?
Becoming a member of the SurviveCyber offers a number of incredible benefits for small, micro, and mid-sized businesses. These benefits are as follows:
Critical Information Sharing between Small Business and the ISAO community
Sensitive Information Protection and Anonymous Reporting
Sanctioned business protection from cyber related lawsuits
Access to the SurviveCyber Membership Portal for reports, member forum, and partner discounts
SurviveCyber integration of industry leading tools, resources, technologies, and Partners
Access to Cybersecurity Training (coming soon)
The SurviveCyber Sponsors and Partners
The SurviveCyber is blessed to have such incredible partners and sponsors. We are radically dedicated to transforming the cybersecurity posturing of businesses across the globe in order to realize a more secure cyber world. Our partners and sponsors play an invaluable role in achieving this incredible goal and they are instrumental in its realization.
Information Regarding the Beginning of ISAOs…
Executive Order 13691: Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing
In regards to ISAOs, Executive Order 13691 (signed February 13, 2015) directs the DHS to:
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Develop a more efficient means for granting clearances to private sector individuals who are members of an ISAO via a designated critical infrastructure program;
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Engage in continuous, collaborative, and inclusive coordination with ISAOs via the DHS National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), which coordinates cybersecurity information sharing and analysis amongst the Federal Government and private sector partners; and
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Select, through an open and competitive process, a non-governmental organization to serve as the ISAO Standards Organization. This ISAO Standards Organization will identify a set of voluntary standards or guidelines for the creation and functioning of ISAOs.
Cybersecurity Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015
This was followed by the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2016 that was created to build a trusted information sharing network between the government and industry to better share cyber threat indicators to improve cybersecurity over all. While addressing key concerns of business regarding privacy and retribution from disclosing threat data, the law also provides legal protections to businesses that share information through organizations such as ISAOs.
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Describes what information should be shared and by whom
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Mandates the anonymization and filtering of all shared information by the ISAO and DHS
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Provides for secure information sharing processes between companies and ISAOs and the NCCIC
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Provides litigation protection to companies that share data through organizations such as an ISAO
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Provides for a timeline to destroy all shared information