This operational collaboration framework for cyber is similar to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s National Preparedness System which is used to coordinate responses to natural disasters, terrorism, chemical and biological events in the physical world.
The CSC was established in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to "develop a consensus on a strategic approach to defending the United States in cyberspace against cyber attacks of significant consequences.
[3] In the US, cyber defense under President Biden has increasingly taken an operational collaboration approach, following a number of large-scale cyberattacks on US federal agencies and businesses including Solar Winds and the Microsoft Exchange hacks.
[11] Security weaknesses in the computer networks that run critical infrastructure sectors—banking, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, shipping, and more—allow sophisticated actors to attack and disrupt essential elements of society.
[18] JPMorgan's Greg Rattray was the main driver of the operational collaboration concept, and he served as the FSARC's Co-President alongside Bank of America's Siobhan MacDermott when the center was first established.
This is similar to the National Preparedness System established under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-8 that is used to coordinate responses to natural disasters, terrorism, chemical emergencies in the physical world.
[21] Key activities include rapidly identifying the incident's underlying cause, sharing and implementing effective defensive measures to contain or prevent further damage, and synchronizing specific response actions, such as dropping packets or re-routing traffic.