CIRCIA’s Next Chapter: Five Things I’ll Be Listening for in CISA’s Town Halls

This commentary previews CISA town halls on implementing CIRCIA and highlights five priorities: the timeline for a final rule, who at CISA will lead implementation, whether the proposed rule will be revised or rewritten, the scope and timing of incident and ransomware-payment reporting (including definitions of covered entities and incidents), and safeguards/enforcement for victim data—arguing that clarity and careful design are essential to make reporting useful for national threat visibility without overburdening victims.