CI-ISAC has been designed to support and promote existing legislation and Government initiatives that are working to uplift cyber resilience across critical infrastructure sectors.

The primary objective of the ISAC is to grow Australia's capability to respond to or resist cyber-attacks through the timely sharing of focussed intelligence, enabling members to proactively respond to cyber threats before they become incidents.

CI-ISAC operates as a Not for Profit (NFP) with membership fees directly invested in building intelligence-sharing capabilities and promoting member sharing. Central capabilities will be brought online to support members, with the aim of having multiple ‘turnkey’ capabilities available to assist resource-constrained members.