Thread by @CISAJen

🧵On the demise of public-private partnership & the rise of operational collaboration: In Dec 20, a significant cyber-espionage campaign was discovered by @FireEye, illuminating the reality that in our highly-digitized world, tech companies are often first to see an attack.1/

🛡Based on this recognition & new authority from Congress, in Aug 21, we launched the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to enable collective cyber defense of the nation. JC⚡️DC has now grown to 20+ of the biggest tech cos w/unique visibility into the critical infra ecosystem.2/

🛡These tech companies—the JC⚡️DC Alliance—now include: @Akamai @ATT @awscloud @Broadcom @Cisco @Cloudflare @Crowdstrike @googlecloud @IBM @JuniperNetworks @lumentechco @Mandiant @Microsoft @Oracle @PaloAltoNtwks @Secureworks @splunk @TenableSecurity @Trellix @Verizon @VMware.3/

🛡Along w/these industry partners, @CISAgov & our fed teammates--including @NSACyber, #FBI, @SecretService & @US_CYBERCOM--are transforming hackneyed “PPP” into operational collaboration & info-sharing into info-enabling through real-time exchange of actionable insights & data.4/

🛡JC⚡️DC is very new, but we’re learning every day. From log4j to the 🇺🇦 crisis, we’re planning together & collaborating together to better understand the cyber threat environment. Our collective goal: See the dots, Connect the dots, & Drive down risk to the nation at scale.5/

🛡In light of ongoing cyber threats associated with the 🇺🇦 crisis, we’ve recently expanded our operational collaboration channels through JC⚡️DC to include systemically critical financial institutions & energy companies & look forward to welcoming more orgs in coming months.6/

🛡️JC⚡️DC is also a catalyst for joint innovation: working together, we developed the first-ever public/private cyber defense operations plan; launched a list of pro-bono cyber services & tools; & shortened our time from raw info to public alerts. And we’re just getting started.7/

🛡JC⚡️DC represents a paradigm shift from being reactive to being proactive & reflects the fact that no one entity—public or private—can secure cyberspace; that we must work together to strengthen our mutual resilience & our ability to address immediate & impending cyber risks.8/

🛡Finally, because resources do matter, we were thrilled that Congress gave us an additional $16m above the FY22 PB for JC⚡️DC, one positive sign that the model is beginning to work.
With humility & excitement, we say: For Those About to Block, We Salute You! ROCK ON!🎸