State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) governments. States and the District of Columbia, as well as U.S. Beginning from a small group of participating states in the Northeast, MS-ISAC came to include all 50 U.S. Pelgrin, then Chief Security Officer of the state of New York. The MS-ISAC was established in late 2002, and officially launched in January 2003, by William F. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) is a 'round-the-clock cyber threat monitoring and mitigation center for state and local governments' operated by CIS under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) Through these program areas, CIS works with a wide range of entities, including those in academia, the government, and both the private sector and the general public to increase their online security by providing them with products and services that improve security efficiency and effectiveness. Program areas ĬIS has several program areas, including MS-ISAC, CIS Controls, CIS Benchmarks, CIS Communities, and CIS CyberMarket. The organization is headquartered in East Greenbush, New York, with members including large corporations, government agencies, and academic institutions. Its mission statement professes that the function of CIS is to ' help people, businesses, and governments protect themselves against pervasive cyber threats.' The Center for Internet Security ( CIS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, formed in October 2000.

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