CyberShare: The Small Broadband Provider ISAC

CyberShare promotes the resiliency and continuity of operation of small network operators across the United States. CyberShare collects and disseminates threat information, indicators and mitigation strategies from a variety of public and private sources and facilitates communications among participants.

Working closely with industry partners, the federal government and other stakeholders, CyberShare helps small broadband providers recognize, analyze and respond to vulnerabilities, threats and other risks. As operators of critical communications infrastructure serving millions of rural Americans, small broadband providers are engaged and motivated to improve their cybersecurity postures. But industry resources are expansive and can be overwhelming and difficult to apply to the unique needs of a small communications company. CyberShare: The Small Broadband Provider ISAC can help bridge the gaps in education and awareness of cybersecurity risk management principles and empower you to take action.

What is an ISAC?

ISACs help critical infrastructure owners and operators protect their facilities, personnel and customers from cyber and physical security threats and other hazards. They collect, analyze and disseminate actionable threat information to their members with tools to mitigate risks.

Members

AcenTek (Houston, MN)
ACIRA, LLC (Chokio, MN)
Adams Telephone Co-Operative (Golden, IL)
Agri-Valley Communications Inc. (Pigeon, MI)
Alliance Communications Cooperative (Garretson, SD)
Arvig (Perham, MN)
ATC Communications (Albion, ID)
Aureon (West des Moines, IA)
Ballard Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc. (La Center, KY)
BBT (Alpine, TX)
BEK Communications Cooperative (Steele, ND)
Benkelman Telephone Company (Benkelman, NE)
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative (Missoula, MT)
Bloomingdale Telephone Company, Inc. (Bloomingdale, MI)
Blue Valley Tele-Communications, Inc. (Home, KS)
Butler Bremer Communications (Plainfield, IA)
Central Texas Telephone Cooperative, Inc (Goldthwaite, TX)
Chariton Valley Broadband, LLC (Macon, MO)
Clear Lake Independent Telephone Company (Clear Lake, IA)
Colorado Valley Telephone Cooperative (La Grange, TX)
Consolidated Business Services, LLC (Mt. Angel, OR)
Consolidated Telcom (Dickinson, ND)
Consolidated Telephone Company (Brainerd, MN)
Cooperative Telephone Company (Victor, IA)
Crossville Telephone Company (Crossville, IL)
Cumberland Connect (Clarksville, TN)
Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative (Ellendale, ND)
Diller Telephone Company (Diller, NE)
DTC Communications (Alexandria, TN)
Dumont Telephone Company (Dumont, IA)
East Kentucky Network, LLC (Ivel, KY)
Egyptian Telephone Cooperative Association (Steeleville, IL)
Emily Cooperative Telephone Co. (Emily, MN)
ENMR Plateau Telecommunications (Clovis, NM)
Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. (Rainsville, AL)
Five Area Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Muleshoe, TX)
FOCUS Broadband (Shallotte, NC)
Garden Valley Telephone Company (Erskine, MN)
Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. (Wall, SD)
GRM Networks (Princeton, MO)
Hardy Telecommunications, Inc. (Lost River, WV)
Haviland Broadband (Haviland, KS)
Highline Services, LLC (Bedford, NH)
Hill Country Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Ingram, TX)
Home Telecom (Moncks Corner, SC)
Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Conway, SC)
INDATEL Services LLC (Overland Park, KS)
James Valley Cooperative Telephone Company (Groton, SD)
Kalona Cooperative Telephone Co. (Kalona, IA)
Kanokla (Caldwell, KS)
Kingdom Telephone Company (Auxvasse, MO)
Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative (Hobbs, NM)
LightStream (Buffalo, IN)
Margaretville Telephone Company (Margaretville, NY)
Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Co. (Elk Horn, IA)
Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Oxford, WI)
Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc. (Palmer, AK)
Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Circle, MT)
Midstate Communications, Inc. (Kimball, SD)
Mosaic Technologies (Cameron, WI)
Mountain Rural Telephone Coop. Corp. Inc (West Liberty, KY)
Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Scobey, MT)
Nex-Tech (Lenora, KS)
NineStar Connect (Greenfield, IN)
North Dakota Telephone Company (Devils Lake, ND)
Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Guymon, OK)
Panora Communications Cooperative (Panora, IA)
Paul Bunyan Communications (Bemidji, MN)
Peoples Telephone Cooperative (Quitman, TX)
Pine Belt Telephone Company, Inc. (Arlington, AL)
Pine Drive Telephone Company (Beulah, CO)
Pioneer Communications (Ulysses, KS)
Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Kingfisher, OK)
Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Philomath, OR)
Ponderosa Telephone (O'Neals, CA)
Premier Communications, Inc. (Sioux Center, IA)
Radcliffe Telephone Co. (Radcliffe, IA)
Randolph Communications (Asheboro, NC)
Range (Forsyth, MT)
Red River Rural Telephone Assn. (Abercrombie, ND)
Reliance Connects (Estacada, OR)
Rural Communications Holding Corporation (Blue Earth, MN)
Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. (Albuquerque, NM)
Santel Communications Cooperative (Woonsocket, SD)
SC Broadband (Kanab, UT)
Scott County Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Gate City, VA)
SDN Communications (Sioux Falls, SD)
SEI Communications (Dillsboro, IN)
Sharon Telephone Co. (Hills, IA)
Shawnee Communications (Equality, IL)
SkyLine Membership Corporation (West Jefferson, NC)
South Central Telephone Association Inc. (Medicine Lodge, KS)
South Plains Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Lubbock, TX)
South Slope Cooperative Communications (North Liberty, IA)
Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Texarkana, AR)
SRT Communications, Inc. (Minot, ND)
Star Telephone Membership Corporation (Clinton, NC)
Taylor Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Merkel, TX)
Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Inc. (Hindman, KY)
Totah Communications, Inc. (Ochelata, OK)
Tri-County Telephone Association, Inc. (Council Grove, KS)
Triangle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Havre, MT)
United Communications (Chapel Hill, TN)
United Communications (Langdon, ND)
United Telephone Association, Inc. (Dodge City, KS)
UNITEL, Inc. (Unity, ME)
Vermont Telephone Company, Inc. (Springfield, VT)
Wamego Telephone Company, Inc. (Wamego, KS)
West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Abbeville, SC)
West Kentucky and Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative (Mayfield, KY)
Wilson Communications (Wilson, KS)
Wittenberg Telephone Company (Wittenberg, WI)
YK Communications (Ganado, TX)

CyberShare Working Group

The CyberShare Working Group is an advisory body comprised of participant volunteers who meet monthly to help direct the priorities of CyberShare and offer guidance on cybersecurity technical matters.

John Nagel
BEK Communications Cooperative
North Central Region, North Dakota

Jerry Horton
Blue Valley Technologies
Central Region, Kansas

Shawn Rasmussen
Consolidated Telecommunications Co.
North Central Region, Minnesota

Peter Curran
Margaretville Telephone Co.
Northeast Region, New York

Shira Danker
NineStar Connect
Northeast Region, Indiana

Chris Durward
Triangle Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Northwest Region, Montana

Scott Janski
Benton Cooperative Telephone Co.
North Central Region, Minnesota

Luke Smith
Colorado Valley Telephone Cooperative
Southwest Region, Colorado

Gene de Vore
Consolidated Business Services
Northwest Region, Oregon

Brad Quick
Mid-Rivers Communications
Northwest Region, Montana

Frank Bulk
Premier Communications
Central Region, Iowa

Jeff Walker
Pioneer Communications
Central Region, Kansas

Become a CyberShare Participant