FS-ISAC

What FS-ISAC does

FS-ISAC, Inc. is a member-driven, 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization founded in 1999 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia. It operates as the financial sector's primary cyber intelligence-sharing consortium, serving over 5,000 member firms across 75 countries that collectively represent $100 trillion in assets. Members include banks, credit unions, insurance companies, payments organizations, investment and securities firms, exchanges, central banks, regulators, MSSPs, and critical cybersecurity providers. The organization is the sanctioned coordination authority for threat intelligence sharing, crisis response, and resilience benchmarking between the global financial system and government cybersecurity agencies including CISA, UK NCSC, and Europol EC3.

The technical platform is centered on the FS-ISAC Intelligence Exchange (IntelX), which integrates SHARE (threat intelligence sharing application), CONNECT (secure chat for member-to-member knowledge exchange), and STIX/TAXII and MISP automated feeds for machine-to-machine IOC and vulnerability consumption. The Global Intelligence Office (GIO) produces finished intelligence analysis from tactical to strategic levels. All shared intelligence is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) classification system with four dissemination levels. Additional products include the CERES Forum for central banks and supervisors, the FS-ISAC Scout Platform (vendor directory), the Sheltered Harbor resilience specification (transferred from subsidiary in 2025), and the Future Leaders in Cyber Scholarship Program (launched 2016, 212 scholarships awarded totaling $2.12M). Authentication is handled via PingOne SSO with mandatory two-factor authentication.

Revenue is generated entirely from recurring annual membership dues, which are non-cancelable and non-refundable, across multiple tiers: financial institution members (Tiers 5-1), CNOP (small institutions under $1B in assets), Affiliates/Vendors, MSSP Subscribers, CERES Forum subscribers, and event/scholarship sponsorships. FS-ISAC's 25-year history, global reach, formal government liaison network, and post-quantum cryptography leadership position it as the only organization providing sector-wide, trusted, real-time cyber intelligence coordination for the global financial system.

Name

FS-ISAC

Legal name

FS-ISAC, Inc.

Website

https://fsisac.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

FS-ISAC is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit consortium, founded 1999, that operates the financial sector's primary cyber threat intelligence-sharing platform for 5,000+ member firms across 75 countries, serving banks, insurers, payment networks, exchanges, central banks, and regulators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Sector Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Regulator/Authority Connectivity & Submission Gateways (APIs, Portals) (FSAFAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Risk Management, Controls, Governance & Policy (Crypto) (FSADALAJ), Risk, Compliance & Controls for Embedded Finance (KYB/KYC/AML, Fraud, Disputes) (FSAGALAK)

Keywords

• Cyber threat intelligence
• Financial sector cybersecurity
• Information sharing analysis
• Incident response coordination
• Collective cyber defense

Headquarters

HQ city

Reston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: FS-ISAC generates revenue primarily through annual membership fees paid by financial services firms. Membership fees are due annually in advance and are not cancelable or refundable. The organization offers different tiers that determine access levels to products and services. Fees are stated in U.S. Dollars.
2. CERES Forum Subscription: Central Bank and Regulator Supervisor Forum subscription fees for non-FS-ISAC members. If Subscriber is a FS-ISAC member in good-standing, membership in the CERES Forum is included at no additional cost. Non-members pay applicable annual fees.
3. MSSP Subscriber Fees: Managed Security Services Provider subscriber fees for MSSP participants seeking access to FS-ISAC intelligence platforms and information sharing.
4. Affiliate/Vendor Fees: Annual fees paid by cybersecurity vendors and service providers seeking affiliation with FS-ISAC's ecosystem. Fees are due annually in advance and are not cancelable or refundable.
5. Event Sponsorships: Revenue generated from event sponsorships at regional, national, and local FS-ISAC events including summits, webinars, and the Cyber & Resilience Exchange.
6. Scholarship Program Sponsorships: Future Leaders in Cyber Scholarship program is 100% funded through member generosity. Sponsor firms provide funds for financial awards and actively participate in mentor-mentee programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FS-ISAC is a member-driven, not-for-profit organization that delivers cyber threat intelligence sharing, analysis, and coordinated incident response to financial services institutions worldwide. Through member-only platforms (IntelX, SHARE, CONNECT) and automated threat feeds (STIX/TAXII, MISP), it enables banks, insurers, payment networks, and other financial firms to share real-time indicators of compromise, vulnerabilities, and threat actor tactics in an anonymized, trusted environment. It also operates industry resilience initiatives such as Sheltered Harbor and the CERES Forum.

Product overview

FS-ISAC is a member-driven, not-for-profit organization that advances cybersecurity and resilience for the global financial system. The organization operates a unified intelligence-sharing platform centered on the FS-ISAC Intelligence Exchange (IntelX), which serves as the central hub integrating multiple products: SHARE for threat intelligence sharing and alerts, CONNECT for secure peer-to-peer chat, STIX/TAXII and MISP automated feeds for machine-to-machine IOC consumption, and the FS-ISAC Scout Platform for vendor discovery. The CERES Forum provides a separate secure portal for central bank and regulatory subscribers. FS-ISAC also manages the Sheltered Harbor resilience specification (transferred in 2025) and the Future Leaders in Cyber Scholarship Program for workforce development. The Global Intelligence Office (GIO) produces finished intelligence analysis, while the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) governs information classification across all sharing channels. Member financial firms represent $100 trillion in assets across 75 countries, with over 5,000 member firms serving banks, credit unions, insurers, payment organizations, investment firms, and exchanges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IntelX: FS-ISAC's Intelligence Exchange - central hub for applications and products including SHARE (threat intelligence sharing), CONNECT (secure chat platform), and automated feeds (STIX/TAXII, MISP)
• CRX (Cyber & Resilience Exchange)
• CERES Forum
• FS-ISAC Scout Platform

Products and services

• FS-ISAC IntelX FS-ISAC IntelX is a member-only platform delivering expert-vetted, timely cyber threat intelligence to financial services members, enabling them to consume and act on indicators of compromise, threat actor tactics, and vulnerabilities.
• SHARE (Anonymized Intelligence Exchange) SHARE is an anonymized peer-to-peer intelligence exchange platform that allows FS-ISAC members to share sensitive cyber threat indicators and analysis with one another without disclosing their identity.
• CONNECT (Member Alerting) CONNECT is FS-ISAC's one-to-many alerting system used to push urgent or significant cyber threat notifications out to the entire financial membership in real time.
• STIX/TAXII and MISP Automated Threat Feeds Automated, machine-readable cyber threat intelligence feeds delivered via STIX/TAXII and MISP standards, allowing members to ingest indicators directly into their SIEM and security tooling.
• CERES Forum The CERES Forum is a subscription-based operational resilience community within FS-ISAC that connects central banks, financial market infrastructures, and systemically important institutions to collaborate on resilience and threat-related matters.
• Sheltered Harbor Sheltered Harbor is an FS-ISAC-affiliated industry initiative that sets standards for financial institutions to vault critical customer account data and core operating data so that account holders can be made whole after a destructive cyber incident.
• FS-ISAC CRX Risk Dashboard The FS-ISAC CRX risk dashboard is a member-only visualization and analytics tool, powered by AI/ML, that lets financial institutions monitor threat activity and intelligence trends relevant to their organizations.
• Global Intelligence Office (GIO) The Global Intelligence Office is FS-ISAC's operational intelligence arm that produces, curates, and disseminates cyber threat intelligence products to financial services members worldwide.
• FS-ISAC Summits (APAC, EMEA, AMERICAS) FS-ISAC Summits are member events held across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas that combine keynote sessions, working group meetings, and networking to advance collective cyber defense across the financial sector.
• FS-ISAC PQC Working Group The FS-ISAC PQC Working Group is a member-led community of practice that helps financial institutions prepare for post-quantum cryptography migration and associated threats.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,000+ member firms representing $100 trillion in assets
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sheltered HarborcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFollowing a decade of work strengthening operational resilience, Sheltered Harbor's Board approved wind-down with key assets transferred to FS-ISAC. The Sheltered Harbor specification and supporting documents will be available to all FS-ISAC members, managed by FS-ISAC's Resilience Congress composed of senior resilience executives at member firms.
• F5 NetworkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerF5 joined FS-ISAC's Critical Providers Program to strengthen the financial sector's threat intelligence capabilities. The program enables critical technology providers to contribute to FS-ISAC's global systemic risk platform.
• Quantum Safe Financial Forum (QSFF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped in partnership with QSFF and experts from leading financial institutions and cybersecurity organizations across Americas and Europe. The white paper on post-quantum cryptographic migration emphasizes proactive, unified planning for quantum-resilient cryptography transition.
• Canadian Forum for Digital Infrastructure Resilience (CFDIR) Quantum-Readiness Working GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with CFDIR Quantum-Readiness Working Group in developing the global transition timeline for post-quantum cryptographic migration in financial services.
• US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFS-ISAC's Global Intelligence Office maintains two liaisons to CISA Central (formerly NCCIC) facilitating sharing of US government reporting from US-CERT and law enforcement agencies.
• UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFS-ISAC maintains two liaisons to the Industry 100 (i100) facilitating sharing of financial sector reporting issued by NCSC and/or i100, including communication to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
• Europol European Cybercrime Centre (EC3)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFS-ISAC maintains a Memorandum of Understanding with Europol facilitating sharing of Europol updates on cybercrime information.
• UK Financial Sector Cyber Collaboration Centre (FSCCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFS-ISAC UK became steward of the UK's Financial Sector Cyber Collaboration Centre, enhancing coordination for UK financial sector cybersecurity.
• InterpolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInformal relationship exists with Interpol for financial sector threat intelligence sharing.
• Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInformal relationship exists for financial sector cybersecurity intelligence sharing.
• Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInformal relationship exists for Asia-Pacific financial sector cybersecurity coordination.
• Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInformal relationship exists for financial sector cybersecurity intelligence sharing.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Recorded Future (Mastercard): Commercial threat intelligence platform now owned by Mastercard, offering financial-sector-focused intelligence products. Direct competitor to FS-ISAC's intelligence feeds with the backing of a major payment network's resources and distribution.
• CrowdStrike: Larger commercial cybersecurity vendor offering integrated threat intelligence as part of its Falcon XDR platform. Competes with FS-ISAC's intelligence layer through commercial subscription offerings with significant R&D and AI capabilities.

Direct peers

• Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC): Energy-sector ISAC operated under NERC with the same operational model: member-driven intelligence sharing, automated feeds, liaison relationships with government agencies. Highly comparable to FS-ISAC's structure and value proposition in a different critical-infrastructure vertical.
• Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC): ISAC for U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial governments. Operates the same intelligence-sharing consortium model with similar government partnership structures, though focused on the public sector rather than financial services.
• Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC): ISAC for the broader IT industry with similar threat sharing and analysis functions. Comparable operating model with cross-sector membership and government liaison relationships, but serving IT rather than financial services.
• Communications ISAC (C-ISAC): ISAC for the telecommunications sector providing threat intelligence sharing and incident coordination. Direct structural peer to FS-ISAC operating in another critical-infrastructure vertical.
• Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC): Sector ISAC for the automotive industry with identical operating model — member consortium, threat intelligence sharing, vulnerability disclosure coordination. Direct structural analog of FS-ISAC in another critical-infrastructure vertical.
• Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC): Sector-specific ISAC operating the same intelligence-sharing consortium model as FS-ISAC but for the healthcare sector. Comparable governance, member-driven structure, and product set (threat intel sharing, automated feeds, sector risk advisories).
• Aviation Information Sharing and Analysis Center (A-ISAC): Aviation-sector ISAC providing similar threat intelligence sharing services to airlines, airports, and aviation suppliers. Operates with the same member-driven consortium model and government partnerships as FS-ISAC.

Others

• National Council of ISACs: Coordinating body for the ISAC community. Adjacent to FS-ISAC as the umbrella organization that convenes and aligns the various sector ISACs, providing cross-sector threat sharing context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FSISAC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fs-isac

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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