Ninety-five percent of the United States critical infrastructures are privately owned. Originally detailed in Presidential Decision Directive (PDD-63), Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-7) encourages the creation of private sector Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs) to protect this infrastructure from attack. At the request of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), this ST-ISAC was formed. The PT-ISAC has since become an "ISAC within an ISAC," to take advantage of the overarching ST-ISAC to realize increased economies of scale.

The ISAC provides a secure cyber and physical security capability for owners, operators and users of critical infrastructure. Security and threat information is collected from worldwide resources, then analyzed and distributed to members to help protect their vital systems from attack.

The ISAC also provides a vehicle for the anonymous or attributable sharing of incident, threat and vulnerability data among the members. Members have access to information and analytical reporting provided by other sources, such as U.S. and foreign governments; law enforcement agencies, technology providers and international computer emergency response teams (CERTs).

Co-sponsored by: Association of American Railroads (AAR) Surface Transportation ISAC Sector Coordinator American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Public Transit ISAC Sector Coordinator Read more about APTA and the PT-ISAC >>

Operated by: EWA Information and Infrastructure Technologies, Inc. (EWA /IIT)

Testimony / Statements Supporting the ISAC Community Remarks by Assistant Secretary Gregory Garcia at the RSA Conference on IT and Communications Security: February 8, 2007 Statement of George Foresman Under Secretary for Preparedness before the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection and Cyber Security Committee on Homeland Security United States House of Representatives: September 13, 2006 Securities Industry News - "It Takes a Community: You might need a scorecard to know all the players, but the financial industry has effectively used collective action to strengthen its `critical infrastructure.'": April 2006 Statement of William F. Pelgrin, Director of New York State Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination and Chair of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cyber security: September 2006 Statement of George Hender Management Vice Chairman Options Clearing Corporation to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology: October 2007 Statement of William W. Millar, President American Public Transportation Association to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials: March 2007 Statement of William Arrington, General Manager, Highway and Motor Carrier Security, United States Department of Homeland Security to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection: June 2007 Statement of John T. Sabo Director, Global Government Relations, CA, Inc. and President, Information Technology-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC) Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives: October 2007 Testimony of Greg Hull, Director of Operations Safety and Security Programs - American Public Transportation Association, before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. February 13, 2007