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Information Sharing

What is Information Sharing?

The exchange of cybersecurity threat intelligence, vulnerability data, and incident information between organizations to improve collective defense capabilities.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as information sharing. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on information sharing

Requirements naming information sharing across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

NIST SP 800-15012 controls

Define information sharing goals and objectives that support the organization's overall mission and cybersecurity strategy.

SP800-150-GOALS · Define Information Sharing Goals and Objectives

Policies governing the formation and operation of information sharing communities

27010-5.2 · Information sharing community policies
NIST SP 800-614 controls

Coordinate with external parties and handle privacy and breach incidents per NIST SP 800-61 Rev 2 Chapter 4 (Coordination and Information Sharing).

NISTSP61-7 · Coordination, Information Sharing, Privacy and Breach Response

Institutions shall respond to FinCEN 314(a) requests by searching records for matches to subjects of money laundering or terrorism investigations.

BSA-AML-19 · Information Sharing 314(a)
NIST SP 800-393 controls

Operate supply chain risk management + information sharing + risk management strategy maintenance per NIST SP 800-39 (foundational reference) and the implementing publications NIST SP 800-161 (Supply Chain Risk Management Practices) + NIST SP 800-150 (Cyber Th...

NISTSP39-8 · Supply Chain Risk Management, Information Sharing, and Risk Management Strategy Maintenance

Enable authorized users to determine whether access authorizations match sharing restrictions.

AC-21 · Information Sharing

Questions people ask about information sharing

What is Information Sharing?
The exchange of cybersecurity threat intelligence, vulnerability data, and incident information between organizations to improve collective defense capabilities.
Why is Information Sharing important for compliance?
Information Sharing is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding information sharing helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Information Sharing?
Information Sharing appears in the requirement text of NIST SP 800-150, ISO/IEC 27010:2015, NIST SP 800-61, Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML), NIST SP 800-39. Across these standards we have identified 33 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Information Sharing?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how information sharing applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Information Sharing applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.