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(Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"34.795704423421\"><body readability=\"72.631319358816\"><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security is bringing back a key cybersecurity information sharing effort with critical infrastructure, more than a year after the Trump administration shuttered an existing nerve center between government and private sector.<\/p>\n<p>The Alliance of National Councils for Homeland Operational Resilience \u2013 Critical Infrastructure program, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/dhs-anchor-cipac-replacement-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity-liability-protections\/\">first reported by CyberScoop in January<\/a>, is meant to replace the function of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council.<\/p>\n<p>CIPAC was a federal advisory body that allowed agencies like the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the intelligence community to interact with key owners and operators of water, power, internet and telecommunications to coordinate on cyberattacks and digital vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>ANCHOR will fulfill a similar role.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cANCHOR-CI will provide forums through which cybersecurity, law enforcement, intelligence, national security, and other government representatives at the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels may engage representatives of private sector entities and critical infrastructure owners and operators in reviewing the current threat environment, discussing potential vulnerabilities, and forming recommendations on securing a more resilient critical infrastructure and cyberspace,\u201d DHS wrote in a federal register<a href=\"https:\/\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2026-13268.pdf\"> notice<\/a> set to publish July 1.<\/p>\n<p>ANCHOR-CI will be managed by CISA, which will appoint members to the council from industry, trade associations, state and local governments and other sources.<\/p>\n<p>The body will consist of four types of different councils: one focused on federally designated critical infrastructure sectors, cross-sector councils to deal with emerging threats like cyber attacks or zero-day vulnerabilities, critical infrastructure industry councils and regional coordinating councils.<\/p>\n<p>As CyberScoop reported, a key difference between CIPAC and ANCHOR-CI will be the way key meetings will be exempt from public transparency laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recognition of the sensitive nature of the subject matter involved regarding the assessment and mitigation of security and operational risks through whole-of government coordination, and strong partnership with the private sector that is required to ensure the security and resilience of critical infrastructure, the Secretary hereby exempts ANCHOR-CI from The Federal Advisory Committee Act,\u201d the notice states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The disbanding of CIPAC under then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was part of a larger dismantling of DHS advisory bodies set up under previous presidential regimes. Critical infrastructure owners and operators <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cyber-information-sharing-critical-infrastructure-panel-cisa-law-renewal\/\">felt blindsided<\/a> by the move and many found themselves without access to the kind of federally-enabled threat intelligence and cybersecurity support that had become a staple of U.S. cyber defense over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>A source told CyberScoop that new Secretary Markwayne Mullin was sympathetic to concerns from critical infrastructure owners and operators that they felt abandoned by DHS under Noem\u2019s leadership, and was determined to make efforts to repair that relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The restoration of information sharing services under ANCHOR-AI is one part of that effort.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"2.960960960961\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dhs-to-unveil-replacement-council-for-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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