National Cyber Exchange is a nonprofit, member organization dedicated to improving cybersecurity across the nation with threat intelligence and information sharing, cyber citizen awareness training, providing education and workforce development, as well as technology development. In 2015 NCX and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications. NCX participates in the Cyber Information Sharing and Collaboration Program (CISCP) with DHS and will act as an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO). In 2016 NCX became one of the few organizations to participate in Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS) with DHS. The purpose of the CRADA is to share cybersecurity threat information to help make communities, industries, and critical infrastructure more secure.