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Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC)

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Secretary Mayorkas Announces New Homeland Security Advisory Council Members

Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the appointment of 33 new members to the Homeland Security Advisory Council (the “Council”), in advance of the Council’s first meeting on March 21, 2022.

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Homeland Security Advisory Council Meeting Minutes

Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) Meeting Minutes

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Academic Institutions Subcommittee

The Academic Institutions Subcommittee will provide advice and recommendations on matters related to homeland security and the academic community, including: student and recent graduate recruitment; international students; academic research and faculty exchanges; campus resilience; and homeland security academic programs.

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Biometrics Subcommittee

The Biometrics Subcommittee will provide findings and recommendations on how the Department can implement a single and reliable approach to biometric identity management, both internally and with external partners. The subcommittee should examine the authorities, governance structures, and programmatic activities of the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, and the Office of Biometric Identity Management, with respect to developing and coordinating Department and government-wide policies, processes, and technical functions in support of DHS, Component, and the interagency.

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Information and Communications Technology Risk Reduction Subcommittee

The Information and Communications Technology Risk Reduction Subcommittee will explore the evolving risk of Information and Communications Technology (JCT) hardware and service threats against the United States and identify additional opportunities to counter them with DHS resources and authorities. The subcommittee should review the reports of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission and the Federal Acquisition Security Council prior to its final report and recommendations.

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Economic Security Subcommittee

Given the pace of rapidly emerging technologies, the multifaceted threat presented by nation state competitors and non-state actors, as well as the multiple lines of effort underway to combat those threats, economic security has become a high-risk concern to a number of government stakeholders. The Department may be missing important opportunities and authorities implied by its mandate (e.g., to safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values with honor and integrity) or may not be optimally aligning and synchronizing our interagency efforts as they relate to economic security and emerging technology. The Economic Security Subcommittee will examine the Department's authorities to ensure it has effectively aligned its efforts to support its mission; and to provide recommendations regarding how we can better protect our nation' s economic security.

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Youth Engagement Subcommittee

The Youth Engagement Subcommittee will provide findings and recommendations on best practices to build youth-focused programming that can be implemented nationwide to prevent radicalization to violence. An aware society is the best foundation for preventing terrorism and targeted violence.

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Emerging Technologies Subcommittee

New technologies- from artificial intelligence to unmanned aerial systems- have the potential to disrupt the status quo and fundamentally alter the security landscape. DHS and its partners have a responsibility to look to the future in order to foresee technological advancements that might result in new threats and vulnerabilities.

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Report of the State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Cybersecurity Subcommittee

As cyber and physical systems become more interconnected, the digital attack surface is extending further into our daily lives, with the potential for malicious cyber actors to create dangerous, real-world effects. Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) entities must collaborate and coordinate extensively with critical infrastructure private sector owners, operators, and stakeholders to identify and address these cybersecurity challenges. This will include: figuring out how DHS can most effectively and efficiently support SLTT agencies and partners in pursuing cybersecurity and the resilience of their Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, including response and recovery; finding programs, services, and outreach that would provide the greatest benefit to SLTT stakeholders in reducing IT risks; lastly, measuring how effective the Homeland Security Grant Program has been in addressing risks at SLTT levels, and how the Grant Program could best be structured to address cybersecurity risks.

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Prevention of Targeted Violence Against Faith-Based Communities Subcommittee Membership List

In light of recent attacks against synagogues, churches, temples and mosques, the Secretary of Homeland Security has tasked the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) stand up a subcommittee that is focused on the security of faith-based organizations across the country.