Food and Ag-ISAC

Name

Food and Ag-ISAC

Legal name

Food and Agriculture - Information Sharing and Analysis Center

Website

https://foodandag-isac.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues and Subscriptions: Food and Ag-ISAC generates revenue through annual membership fees paid by food and agriculture sector companies. Members receive threat intelligence, adversary attack playbooks, incident response support, access to the LevelBlue platform, ransomware tracking data, and strategic/tactical analysis reports. Membership is the primary mechanism for sustaining ISAC operations and sector-wide cybersecurity collaboration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Food and Ag-ISAC is a membership-based Information Sharing and Analysis Center that provides food and agriculture sector companies with threat intelligence, adversary analysis, and incident response coordination. Members gain access to the LevelBlue intelligence management platform, MITRE ATT&CK-mapped adversary playbooks, a ransomware tracker with over 12,000 recorded events, and daily/weekly/quarterly strategic and tactical analysis reports. The organization also conducts collaborative research through its University Partnership Program and participates in CISA-coordinated cyber exercises.

Product overview

The Food and Agriculture-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC) provides threat intelligence, analysis, and effective security practices for the food and agriculture sector. Originally established as the Food and Agriculture Special Interest Group (SIG) under IT-ISAC in 2013, it evolved into a standalone ISAC offering a comprehensive suite of products including the LevelBlue Intelligence Management Platform, Adversary Attack Playbooks, Incident Response services, a Ransomware Tracker (12,000+ events), and Strategic/Tactical Analysis Reports. The organization publishes annual Cyber Threat Reports and Ransomware Reports, provides SMB cybersecurity guidance, and maintains a University Partnership Program with major research institutions. The portfolio is anchored by the Predictive Adversary Scoring System (PASS) for threat actor analysis and STIX/TAXII-enabled information sharing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LevelBlue Intelligence Management Platform Access

Quantifiable outcome

• 82% increase in ransomware incidents tracked year-over-year (2024 to 2025)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 April 2024The Food and Ag-ISAC was one of a host of organizations that participated in Cyber Storm, a virtual exercise hosted by CISA to simulate incident response across industry. The 2024 Cyber Storm exercise specifically focused on cyber incidents and emergency preparedness in the food and agriculture sector.
• IT-ISACcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe IT-ISAC originally established the Food and Agriculture Special Interest Group in 2013. The two ISACs maintain a close collaborative relationship for threat intelligence sharing, joint ransomware tracking (with over 15,000 recorded incidents), and cross-sector analysis. The partnership enables critical collaboration between food, agriculture, and technology industries to manage cybersecurity risk across the value chain.
• National Council of ISACs (NCI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Food and Ag-ISAC participates in the National Council of ISACs, a network of industry-specific ISACs that share threat intelligence and coordinate on cross-sector incidents. Ransomware tracking data is sourced in part through NCI.
• LevelBluecoreTechnology or IntegrationFood and Ag-ISAC members receive access to the LevelBlue threat intelligence management platform as part of their membership. LevelBlue provides the technology infrastructure for automated threat sharing, STIX/TAXII integrations, and pulling indicators from DHS, peer members, and global partners into members' internal security tools.
• Iowa State University of Science and TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner in the Food and Ag-ISAC University Partnership Program. The program aims to drive improved collaboration between industry and leading universities on security issues impacting America's food and agriculture sector.
• Michigan State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner in the Food and Ag-ISAC University Partnership Program, supporting collaboration between academia and industry on food and agriculture cybersecurity.
• University of NebraskacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner in the Food and Ag-ISAC University Partnership Program.
• New Mexico State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner in the Food and Ag-ISAC University Partnership Program. Latest university to join the partner program.
• Purdue University and PARI (Purdue Agricultural Research Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner in the Food and Ag-ISAC University Partnership Program, including both Purdue University and its research institute PARI.
• Virginia Tech and VT-ARCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner in the Food and Ag-ISAC University Partnership Program, including Virginia Tech and its VT-ARC research center. Feras Batarseh of Virginia Tech highlights the program in the context of using AI to defend water and agriculture systems.
• American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partner that supports the food and agriculture sector and the Food and Ag-ISAC through industry collaboration.
• FMI (Food Marketing Association)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partner representing food marketing companies, collaborating with the Food and Ag-ISAC.
• International Bottled Water Association (IBWA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partner. IBWA recently joined the partner program.
• International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partner representing dairy food companies.
• Meat InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partner representing meat and poultry companies.
• National Chicken CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partner representing chicken producers and processors.
• National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partner representing grain and feed companies.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• E-ISAC (Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center): E-ISAC serves the North American electricity sector with threat intelligence sharing, sector-specific advisories, and partnership with CISA and the National Council of ISACs. It is a direct structural peer in critical-infrastructure ISAC operations.
• Auto-ISAC: Auto-ISAC is a sector-specific ISAC for the automotive industry, offering comparable membership-based threat intelligence sharing, OEM-focused advisories, and NCI participation. It mirrors Food and Ag-ISAC's sector ISAC operating model.
• Health-ISAC (Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center): Health-ISAC operates a sector-specific threat intelligence sharing model for the healthcare industry, with comparable membership structure, ISAC framework, and participation in NCI and CISA exercises. It is the closest analog for a critical-infrastructure ISAC serving a non-financial sector.
• IT-ISAC (Information Technology-Information Sharing and Analysis Center): IT-ISAC is the parent organization from which Food and Ag-ISAC spun off in 2023. Both are membership-based ISACs operating the same shared ransomware tracker and LevelBlue intelligence platform, serving as the closest operational peer.
• Aviation ISAC: Aviation ISAC provides threat intelligence sharing for the global aviation industry using the same ISAC membership model, with comparable relationships to CISA, NCI, and international counterparts. Direct structural peer to Food and Ag-ISAC.
• FS-ISAC (Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center): FS-ISAC is the longest-established sector-specific ISAC, serving the financial services industry with the same membership-based threat intelligence sharing model. It is a structural peer and fellow member of the National Council of ISACs.

Broad incumbents

• Mandiant (Google Cloud): Mandiant is a leading commercial threat intelligence and incident response provider covering multiple industries including food and agriculture. It competes for the same enterprise cybersecurity budgets that fund ISAC memberships.
• CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike offers a broad commercial threat intelligence platform with sector-specific reporting (including for food and agriculture) that competes with ISAC membership value for enterprise security budget. It represents the larger commercial incumbent against which ISACs differentiate on trust and community.

Others

• National Council of ISACs (NCI): NCI is the coordinating body of which Food and Ag-ISAC is a member. It enables cross-sector threat intelligence sharing among all ISACs, including ransomware data feeds that contribute to Food and Ag-ISAC's tracker. Ecosystem enabler rather than direct competitor.

Emerging players

• Dragos: Dragos specializes in operational technology (OT) cybersecurity for industrial sectors including food and agriculture, providing threat intelligence and incident response that overlaps with Food and Ag-ISAC's sector focus, though delivered as a commercial product rather than membership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/foodandagisac
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCQ3qatIMcs0X9BLHOdjoJXg
• Facebookfacebook.com/people/Food-and-Ag-ISAC/61578692948182
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/food-agriculture-isac

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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