1. Short title This Act may be cited as the DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018 . 2. Department of Homeland Security cyber incident response teams (a) In general Section 227 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 148 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iv), by inserting , including cybersecurity specialists after entities ; (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (m) as subsections (g) through (n), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: (f) Cyber incident response teams (1) In general The Center shall maintain cyber hunt and incident response teams for the purpose of providing, as appropriate and upon request, assistance, including— (A) assistance to asset owners and operators in restoring services following a cyber incident; (B) identification of cybersecurity risk and unauthorized cyber activity; (C) mitigation strategies to prevent, deter, and protect against cybersecurity risks; (D) recommendations to asset owners and operators for improving overall network and control systems security to lower cybersecurity risks, and other recommendations, as appropriate