Under the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 (Public Law No. 115-278, November 16, 2018), CISA was created to protect both government and private-sector critical infrastructure from cyber threats. True or false?

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True. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 (H.R. 3359 – Public Law No. 115-278, November 16, 2018) redesignated DHS"s National Protection and Programs Directorate as CISA and charged it with leading cybersecurity and physical infrastructure security programs across federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, as well as private-sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure (). CISA"s mission statement confirms this role: "We lead the national effort to understand, manage, and reduce risk to our cyber and physical infrastructure" for all partners, public and private ().

Under the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 (Public Law No. 115-278, November 16, 2018), CISA was created to protect both government and private-sector critical infrastructure from cyber threats. True or false?

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