Alliance for Critical Infrastructure

What Alliance for Critical Infrastructure does

The Alliance for Critical Infrastructure (ACI) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit industry coalition founded in 2025 and publicly launched in February 2026 to strengthen U.S. national resilience through cross-sector collaboration among critical infrastructure operators. The organization was formed on the premise that the private sector operates over 85% of U.S. critical infrastructure and is uniquely positioned to lead resilience planning, representing a deliberate shift from government-led models toward an industry-led approach. ACI's membership spans energy (Southern Company, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Xcel Energy, Con Edison), telecommunications (AT&T, Lumen), financial services (JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard), and insurance (AIG).

ACI does not sell products or services and has no technology stack or software offerings. Its core function is to serve as a coordination layer that facilitates information sharing, joint planning, and coordinated operational response between private-sector operators and federal entities such as CISA, the Department of Energy, and the National Security Council. Value is delivered through member engagement, policy advocacy, strategic partnerships, and collective resilience initiatives rather than commercial offerings; governance is exercised by a board whose members include former senior U.S. government officials and recognized cybersecurity and emergency-preparedness experts.

ACI operates exclusively within the United States and is membership-funded. Its GTM motion is relationship-driven rather than commercial: outreach occurs via direct industry engagement, board-level networks, policy forums, and limited owned-media channels (criticalalliance.org, LinkedIn, BusinessWire press distribution). As a newly formed coalition, ACI is in the early stages of building membership, governance infrastructure, and program activity.

Name

Alliance for Critical Infrastructure

Legal name

The Alliance for Critical Infrastructure, Inc.

Website

https://criticalalliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Alliance for Critical Infrastructure is a 501(c)(6) non-profit industry coalition uniting U.S. critical infrastructure operators across energy, telecom, finance, and insurance to strengthen national resilience through cross-sector collaboration and coordinated threat response.

Ownership category

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Product category

Critical Infrastructure Resilience Coalition

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) & NERC-CIP Compliance (HDADAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disaster Response Coordination & Incident Command (EOC/ICS) (HLAJAGAB), Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

Keywords

• Critical infrastructure protection
• Cross-sector collaboration
• National resilience planning
• Public-private partnerships
• Cybersecurity coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Alliance for Critical Infrastructure (ACI) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit industry coalition that unites critical infrastructure operators across energy, telecommunications, financial services, and insurance sectors to strengthen national resilience. It facilitates information sharing, joint planning, and coordinated operational response between private-sector operators (who own over 85% of U.S. critical infrastructure) and government entities. The organization does not sell commercial products or services; its output is industry-led coordination, policy advocacy, and collaborative resilience initiatives.

Product overview

The Alliance for Critical Infrastructure (ACI) is not a product or technology company but rather an industry-led 501(c)(6) non-profit coalition focused on strengthening national resilience through cross-sector collaboration among critical infrastructure operators. The organization facilitates information sharing, joint planning, and coordinated operational response between the private sector (which operates over 85% of critical infrastructure) and government entities to protect essential systems against adversarial threats, natural hazards, and emerging risks. ACI's activities center on policy advocacy, strategic partnerships, and collective resilience initiatives rather than commercial product offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC): FS-ISAC is the ISAC for the global financial sector, providing cyber threat intelligence sharing and coordination. It is directly comparable because it operates as a member-funded industry coordination body for one of ACI's core sectors, and ACI must position its cross-sector value relative to these established sector-specific ISACs.
• Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC): ESCC is the coordinating body for the electricity subsector's engagement with government on CI security and resilience. ACI is directly comparable because Tom Fanning served as ESCC co-chair for nearly a decade, and ACI was founded in part to extend sector-specific coordination into a cross-sector model.
• E-ISAC (Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center): E-ISAC, operated by NERC, is the sector ISAC for the electricity subsector. It is directly comparable because it provides industry-led threat information sharing and analysis for one of ACI's core sectors, and awarded the Assante Award that ACI's Executive Director received in 2024.
• Communications Sector Coordinating Council (CSCC): CSCC coordinates the communications sector's engagement with government on critical infrastructure issues. It is directly comparable because Chris Boyer (ACI Secretary) sits on the CSCC Executive Committee, and CSCC represents the same type of sector-specific coordination ACI aims to bridge across sectors.
• Open RAN Policy Coalition: Open RAN Policy Coalition is an industry-led policy advocacy coalition founded and chaired by Chris Boyer (ACI Secretary). It is directly comparable as an industry-led coalition model operating in an adjacent CI-adjacent policy area, demonstrating the coalition-format approach ACI itself uses.
• Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC): FSSCC is a sector coordinating council for financial services that liaises between the financial sector and the federal government on critical infrastructure and cybersecurity policy. It is directly comparable because Brett DeWitt (ACI board member) served as FSSCC Chief of Staff, and ACI is positioned as a cross-sector evolution of these sector-specific bodies.

Emerging players

• Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA): CTA is a non-profit industry consortium for sharing cyber threat intelligence across member companies. It is an emerging comparable because it represents the member-funded threat-sharing model that ACI may need to compete with or coordinate alongside in the cybersecurity and CI threat-sharing space.
• Global Resilience Federation: Global Resilience Federation is a non-profit that supports multiple ISACs and cross-sector information sharing initiatives. It is an emerging comparable because it provides cross-sector coordination infrastructure that overlaps with ACI's stated mission to enable cross-sector threat collaboration.

Broad incumbents

• National Council of ISACs (NCI): NCI is the umbrella coordination body for all U.S. ISACs. It is broadly comparable because it already performs a cross-sector coordination function among CI sectors, representing an established incumbent that ACI's cross-sector model must differentiate against.
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA): CISA is the U.S. federal agency responsible for CI security and resilience coordination. It is broadly comparable because ACI's cross-sector coordination mission is designed to interface with CISA, and Tom Fanning chaired CISA's Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, positioning CISA as ACI's primary federal counterpart.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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