Homeland Security Intelligence Council


The Homeland Security Intelligence Council (HSIC) is focused on the topic of intelligence activities and information sharing required to protect the U.S. from significant threats. The Council is comprised of senior executives, past and present, from across government, law enforcement and industry who contribute to the homeland security enterprise. In September 2011, the Council completed a yearlong effort to investigate evolving issues related to homeland security intelligence by collecting personal experiences, academic research, and interviews with public sector and industry experts. The Council, under Joe Rozek, published its findings and recommendations in a white paper, “Intelligence to Protect the Homeland: Taking Stock Ten Years Later and Looking Ahead,” and launched the paper at the Intelligence to Protect the Homeland Symposium at the Ronald Reagan Building on September 7, 2011. The white paper seeks to define homeland security intelligence and examine its critical role and development in the U.S. intelligence architecture as well as its implications for privacy and civil liberties.

In May 2013, Caryn Wagner became Chair of the Council. Wagner most recently served as the Undersecretary of Homeland Security and brings diverse experience within the intelligence community to the HSIC. These career accomplishments make her uniquely qualified to lead the HSIC as it brings the public, private and academic sectors together to address increasingly complex threats to our homeland. 

Homeland Security Intelligence Council White Papers
Achieving a Dual Mission of Ensuring Security & Protecting Liberty ( 9/1/2011 ) 
  This paper from INSA’s Homeland Security Intelligence Council examines the crucial role of homeland security intelligence and its incorporation into our country’s intelligence architecture. The Council’s analysis provides a definition of homeland sec
Intelligence to Protect the Homeland: Taking Stock Ten Years Later and Looking Ahead ( 9/1/2011 ) 
  This paper from INSA’s Homeland Security Intelligence Council examines the crucial role of homeland security intelligence and its incorporation into our country’s intelligence architecture.
Maturing the Homeland Security Intelligence Enterprise ( 9/1/2011 ) 
  Since the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, the U.S. Government has revised its thinking, planning and policies regarding homeland security.
Homeland Security Analysis: The Knowledge Ecosystem ( 9/1/2011 ) 
  The decade since the 9/11 attacks has highlighted the critical role of intelligence in addressing the multitude of complex and adaptive threats that confront the Homeland: preventing terrorism; securing borders; enforcing immigration laws; securing