2026 February 24, Dallas, Texas

FIPSO Announces Mission-Driven Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) and Plans to Integrate the Cybersecurity Risk Information Sharing Program Model into Operations

The Former Intelligence and Private Sector Officers Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (FIPSO ISAO) today announced its launch as a nonprofit, DHS-authorized Information Sharing and Analysis Organization focused on acquiring, analyzing, and sharing actionable threat information to help protect U.S. critical infrastructure and support proactive disruption of human trafficking and child exploitation networks. FIPSO is structured as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and states that its mission brings together former intelligence officers, law enforcement professionals, cybersecurity specialists, and private-sector leaders to deliver preemptive, mission-aligned intelligence across critical infrastructure sectors.  The FIPSO ISAO is formally organized under the rights and privileges of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO).  It complies with ISAO standards, policies, and best practices as outlined by the DHS-designated ISAO Standards Organization which is the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA ISAO SO).  See: https://cias.utsa.edu/info-sharing/isao-so/

 

Axon Global CEO, and FIPSO Founder, Israel Martinez will be establishing the governance model and infrastructure for the organization. FIPSO’s operating model is built around secure, privacy-conscious information sharing, vetted participation, and sector-based leadership. Under its governance framework, FIPSO plans to appoint Executive Directors across the same sixteen named DHS critical infrastructure sectors, plus an anti-human-trafficking mission area, while requiring nondisclosure agreements and controlled handling of sensitive information under DHS Traffic Light Protocol practices.

To strengthen its cybersecurity operations, FIPSO will incorporate key practices reflected in the Department of Energy’s Cybersecurity Risk Information Sharing Program (CRISP), a public-private partnership that provides relevant and actionable cyber information to participants in the U.S. electricity industry. According to the CRISP fact sheet, the program combines voluntarily shared network-perimeter data, technical analysis, indicators of compromise, anonymized participation, and expert support from the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory.  CRISP-Fact-Sheet_508-2.pdf

FIPSO expects to adapt those principles to its own mission by building processes for voluntary data sharing, anomaly detection, indicator analysis, and dissemination of mitigation guidance to trusted participants. In practice, that means FIPSO will align its internal operations around several CRISP-informed capabilities: collecting mission-relevant cyber threat data from trusted participants; analyzing shared data against known threats, tactics, and actors; producing actionable alerts and intelligence reports; and supporting members with mitigation steps and coordinated response insights.

FIPSO also intends to mirror CRISP’s emphasis on confidentiality and controlled access. Its governing documents already require that sensitive information be protected through NDAs, contributor anonymity protections, need-to-know handling, and TLP-based dissemination rules, which provides a governance foundation for incorporating CRISP-style information sharing workflows into day-to-day operations. 

In addition, FIPSO sees value in the CRISP model’s blend of strategic reporting and operational alerting. CRISP produces both sector-level cyber analysis and incident-driven site-specific alerts, and FIPSO plans to use a similar approach to generate timely, actionable intelligence products for its members and sector leadership, tailored to emerging threats affecting critical infrastructure and mission partners.

FIPSO’s leadership believes that integrating CRISP-informed practices will help the organization accelerate trusted collaboration among government-aligned experts, private-sector partners, and approved members. The organization’s governance materials emphasize bidirectional information exchange, privacy protections, secure handling standards, and DHS-aligned ISAO practices, all of which are consistent with the type of collective defense model that CRISP has advanced in the energy sector.

As FIPSO continues building out its sector operations, the organization plans to use the CRISP framework as a practical reference point for cyber situational awareness, shared analysis, and coordinated threat mitigation. This approach is intended to help FIPSO scale a disciplined, trusted information-sharing environment that supports both critical infrastructure protection and its broader mission to prevent exploitation, rescue victims, and disrupt criminal networks before harm occurs.

For media or partnership inquiries, FIPSO may direct interested parties through its leadership and authorized sector representatives as additional operational capabilities are established.

For more information see  FIPSO.AI