Information sharing and analysis centres (ISACs) : cooperative models

Collaboration is a common objective of every European national cyber security strategy. Collaboration to enhance cyber security at all different levels i.e. information on threats sharing, awareness raising can be achieved in two formal structures: The Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISAC) and Public Private Partnerships (PPP). This year ENISA has conducted a study on Cooperative Models for Public Private Partnership (PPPs) and Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs), collating information on best practices and common approaches. This study focuses on ISACs. The main objectives of this study are: To provide information about the ISACs in Europe through collecting information on the current status of ISACs and to identify main models of this type of collaboration ; To identify current challenges that both the private and the public sector face in the process of setting up and developing ISACs ; To formulate and propose recommendations to enhance the sophistication of ISACs in Europe ; To investigate the potential role of ENISA in the creation of Pan European ISAC Information Sharing and Analysis Centers are trusted entities to foster information sharing and good practices about physical and cyber threats and mitigation. In this report the most common approaches are categorized in three different models: the country focused, the sector specific and the international structures.