In 2018, Public Law No: 115-278 was codified to amend the authority of creating NET Guard to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Volunteers would receive training periodically, like members of the National Guard, and would have a clear chain of command to coordinate efforts.
In addition, Net Guard would be responsible for maintaining a strategic reserve of equipment—like cellphones, switches, computers and satellite dishes—that could be deployed on short notice.
[4] They introduced the idea in the Science and Technology Emergency Mobilization Act, which was later incorporated into the bill that created the Department of Homeland Security.
In 2018, the authority to create the NET Guard was placed with the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).