{"id":178739,"date":"2026-01-15T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/dhs-prepares-replacement-for-critical-infrastructure-collaboration-framework\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:10:12","slug":"dhs-prepares-replacement-for-critical-infrastructure-collaboration-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/dhs-prepares-replacement-for-critical-infrastructure-collaboration-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS prepares replacement for critical infrastructure collaboration framework"},"content":{"rendered":"

DHS prepares replacement for critical infrastructure collaboration framework<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-01-15 11:45:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to introduce a new system for holding sensitive discussions with critical infrastructure operators, replacing a framework that the Trump administration abruptly eliminated in its early days.
\nThe new program, currently dubbed Alliance of National Councils for Homeland Operational Resilience (ANCHOR), will streamline the process through which federal agencies and infrastructure providers meet to discuss cyber and physical security threats, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to speak freely.<\/p>\n

DHS eliminated the old framework for holding these meetings, known as the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC), last March, effectively freezing many interactions between the agencies that oversee the security of critical infrastructure sectors and the private organizations that represent those sectors. CIPAC, created in 2006, provided the legal framework for companies and their trade groups to privately meet with government officials and discuss sensitive security issues, bypassing the transparency measures traditionally required for such meetings.
\nANCHOR is expected to be more flexible than CIPAC in terms of its structure, according to people familiar with the plans. The government used CIPAC to create numerous other coordination councils for discussing infrastructure issues; ANCHOR will simplify the process of holding those meetings. ANCHOR will also allow for more transparency, letting the government and its partners hold some meetings publicly or release information about them.
\nIt is unclear how closely DHS coordinated with infrastructure operators as it created ANCHOR. CyberScoop, which first reported details about the new program, said the Trump administration had briefed all 15 sector coordinating councils (SCCs) about its proposal. But multiple sources told Cybersecurity Dive that the administration had shared little information with industry.
\n\u201cDespite what they say \u2026 they haven\u2019t provided a lot of details to the SCCs,\u201d said one person familiar with the matter. \u201cIt does seem that they are mainly keeping the SCC structure [in ANCHOR], though, just with more cross-sector touchpoints. That\u2019s about all we know.\u201d
\nWhen Cybersecurity Dive asked a representative of an infrastructure sector what DHS had told them about ANCHOR, they responded, \u201cNot a word. We keep being told it\u2019s under development.\u201d<\/p>\n

ANCHOR has been awaiting DHS Secretary Kristi Noem\u2019s approval for weeks, according to two people familiar with the matter. One of the people, another infrastructure sector representative, said ANCHOR was on Noem\u2019s desk when the sector\u2019s SCC met in December, at which point DHS officials shared \u201can outline of the main features\u201d with the council.
\nOne of the biggest unresolved issues surrounding ANCHOR is whether \u2014 and if so, how \u2014 it will insulate companies from antitrust liability and other legal repercussions associated with the information they share in meetings. Corporate executives counted on CIPAC\u2019s liability provision to candidly discuss their companies\u2019 and sectors\u2019 issues in group meetings, and industry leaders said future discussions would not be as productive if ANCHOR did not include a similar provision.
\nIt remains unclear how close DHS is to publishing the regulation that will establish ANCHOR. The department did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

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