Reposted from DHS/CISA

The Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of the Alliance of National Councils for Homeland Operational Resilience – Critical Infrastructure (ANCHOR-CI), a new advisory-body framework that will strengthen information sharing and broaden partnerships across government and industry to secure the nation’s critical infrastructure. ANCHOR-CI (https://cisa.gov/ANCHOR-CI) incorporates the best practices and lessons learned from the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) and will expand meaningful, impactful engagement to a wider range of public-private critical infrastructure stakeholders to address threats in real time and elevate the importance of expanded communication.

The ANCHOR-CI framework allows for the establishment of four types of councils – critical infrastructure sector councils, cross-sector councils, critical infrastructure industry councils, and regional coordinating councils. These councils will advise and provide strategic and actionable recommendations to ensure a coordinated national effort to strengthen and secure a more resilient critical infrastructure.  ANCHOR-CI will innovate on the previous structure ensuring more critical infrastructure stakeholders participate in our nation’s critical infrastructure resilience, particularly if their area of expertise extends across critical infrastructure instead of adhering strictly to the sixteen critical infrastructure sectors.

DHS and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will manage the governance of the councils established under ANCHOR-CI, which is designed to facilitate open and candid discussion of sensitive information, strengthening collaboration amongst government and industry.

ANCHOR-CI will initially operate for two years and may be extended by the Secretary pursuant to his Homeland Security Act Section 871 authority.

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