6 USC 665 - Ransomware threat mitigation activities

1 So in original.

metrics for success of said actions.

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions

Puspan. L. 117–103, div. Y, § 102, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 1038, provided that: “In this division [see Short Title of 2022 Amendment note set out under section 101 of this title]:

“(1)Covered cyber incident; covered entity; cyber incident; information system; ransom payment; ransomware attack; security vulnerability.—The terms ‘covered cyber incident’, ‘covered entity’, ‘cyber incident’, ‘information system’, ‘ransom payment’, ‘ransomware attack’, and ‘security vulnerability’ have the meanings given those terms in section 2240 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 [6 U.S.C. 681], as added by section 103 of this division [see also 6 U.S.C. 650].

“(2)Director.—The term ‘Director’ means the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.”