HackFirstAid Municipal & MS-ISAC
We complement MS-ISAC. We do not replace it. Every US municipality should be an MS-ISAC member — it's free, and it's the single most useful thing you can do this afternoon.
Why both
MS-ISAC (the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, operated by the Center for Internet Security) is the federal cyber backbone for US state, local, tribal, and territorial government. They share threat indicators, run Albert sensors, publish advisories, and host a 24×7 SOC. If your municipality isn't a member, sign up before you finish this page.
HackFirstAid Municipal sits one layer over: when an incident is actually happening at 7am on a Tuesday, a CAO needs a plain-language decision tree, a playbook for the specific scenario, the right regulator contact for their jurisdiction, and a printable summary to brief the mayor. MS-ISAC gives you signal. We give you the first hour.
How our content references MS-ISAC
- Every US-side playbook lists MS-ISAC SOC (1-866-787-4722) in the first-hour regulator/contact block.
- The triage outcome screens include MS-ISAC alongside the state-level reporting path.
- Our regulations grid links MS-ISAC advisories where they bear on a specific scenario (election infrastructure, ransomware, CJIS-adjacent incidents).
- The readiness checklist makes MS-ISAC membership item #1.
Canadian municipalities
The Canadian equivalent is the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), with provincial CISO offices layered on top in ON, QC, BC, AB, and NS. Our Canadian-side playbooks reference CCCS and the relevant provincial privacy commissioner in the same first-hour block.