<s>
The	O
Cybersecurity	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Sharing	I-Application
Act	I-Application
(	O
CISA	O
[	O
113th	O
Congress ]	O
,	O
[	O
114th	O
Congress ]	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
United	O
States	O
federal	O
law	O
designed	O
to	O
"	O
improve	O
cybersecurity	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
through	O
enhanced	O
sharing	O
of	O
information	O
about	O
cybersecurity	O
threats	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
other	O
purposes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cybersecurity	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Sharing	I-Application
Act	I-Application
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2014	O
during	O
the	O
113th	O
Congress	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
pass	O
the	O
Senate	O
Intelligence	O
Committee	O
by	O
a	O
vote	O
of	O
12-3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
business	O
groups	O
have	O
also	O
opposed	O
the	O
bill	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Computer	O
&	O
Communications	O
Industry	O
Association	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
individual	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Yelp	B-Application
,	O
Apple	O
,	O
and	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
BSA	O
published	O
a	O
letter	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
amongst	O
other	O
things	O
cyber	O
threat	O
information	O
sharing	O
legislation	O
addressed	O
to	O
Congress	O
,	O
signed	O
by	O
board	O
members	O
Adobe	O
,	O
Apple	O
Inc.	O
,	O
Altium	B-Algorithm
,	O
Autodesk	O
,	O
CA	O
Technologies	O
,	O
DataStax	B-General_Concept
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Minitab	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
Salesforce.com,	O
Siemens	O
,	O
and	O
Symantec	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
prompted	O
the	O
digital	O
rights	O
advocacy	O
group	O
Fight	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Future	I-Application
to	O
organize	O
a	O
protest	O
against	O
CISA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Computer	O
&	O
Communications	O
Industry	O
Association	O
,	O
another	O
major	O
trade	O
group	O
including	O
members	O
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Amazon.com,	O
Cloudflare	B-Application
,	O
Netflix	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
and	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
also	O
announced	O
its	O
opposition	O
to	O
the	O
bill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Privacy	O
advocates	O
opposed	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Cybersecurity	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Sharing	I-Application
Act	I-Application
,	O
passed	O
by	O
the	O
Senate	O
in	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
that	O
left	O
intact	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
law	O
they	O
said	O
made	O
it	O
more	O
amenable	O
to	O
surveillance	O
than	O
actual	O
security	O
while	O
quietly	O
stripping	O
out	O
several	O
of	O
its	O
remaining	O
privacy	O
protections	O
.	O
</s>
