National Security Agency support for defense industrial base and critical infrastructure cybersecurity operations

Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1611 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: 430f. National Security Agency support for defense industrial base and critical infrastructure cybersecurity operations The Director of the National Security Agency may carry out activities to support the cybersecurity of the defense industrial base, the telecommunications sector, and cybersecurity service providers, including— (1) programs to facilitate the bidirectional sharing of cyber threat intelligence to— (A) share classified and unclassified cyber threat intelligence, security guidance, and technical resources to support threat detection and mitigation; and (B) receive voluntarily provided information to support the activities of the National Security Agency and other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, including to— (i) conduct offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations; and (ii) develop jointly produced cybersecurity products in coordination with the private sector; and (2) providing direct cybersecurity support, upon request, to entities within the defense industrial base, the telecommunications sector, and cybersecurity service providers to— (A) enhance the capability of such entities to defend such entities and customers of such entities; (B) respond swiftly to cyber incidents; and (C) implement effective mitigation measures..