WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) launched a new Industry Engagement Platform (IEP) today designed to facilitate structured, two-way communication between the agency and companies developing innovative and security technologies. The IEP enables CISA to better understand emerging solutions across the technology ecosystem while giving industry a clear, transparent pathway to engage with the agency.
“With the launch of this new platform, we’re opening the door wider to innovation—giving industry a direct line to share the tools and technologies that can help CISA stay ahead of evolving threats,” said CISA Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala. “The private sector drives innovation and this collaboration is essential to our national resilience.”
The IEP allows organizations – including industry, non-profits, academia, government partners at all and the research community – with a structured process to request conversations with CISA subject matter experts to describe new technologies and capabilities. These engagements give innovators the opportunity to present solutions that may strengthen our nation’s cyber and infrastructure security.
Through customizable technology profiles, the IEP helps connect organizations to the right CISA experts by capturing areas of expertise and specific topics organizations wish to discuss. Participants may also upload capability overviews for CISA to reference in market research and in understanding emerging technologies across sectors.
While participation in the IEP does not provide preferential consideration for future federal contracts, it serves as a key channel for CISA to gain insight into new capabilities and market trends that support mission needs.
CISA encourages organizations with new, emerging, or advanced technology solutions to visit the Industry Engagement Platform. Current areas of interest include:
- Information technology and security controls
- Data, analytics, storage, and data management
- Communications technologies
- Any emerging technologies that advance CISA’s mission, including post-quantum cryptography and other next-generation capabilities
“Strategic collaboration is essential to strengthening national security and resilience,” Gottumukkala added. “The IEP is one of the ways CISA is aligning innovation with mission needs to advance the defense of our nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure.”
For more information on CISA’s IEP and how to do business with CISA, visit cisa.gov/doing-business-cisa.
###
About CISA
As the nation’s cyber defense agency and national coordinator for critical infrastructure security, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency leads the national effort to understand, manage, and reduce risk to the digital and physical infrastructure Americans rely on every hour of every day.
Visit CISA.gov for more information and follow us on X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram.