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Preventing Terrorism and Targeted Violence

Protecting the American people from terrorist threats is the reason DHS was created, and remains our highest priority.

  • Homeland Security Advisory Council Final Report of the Cybersecurity Subcommittee

    This report offers recommendations to meet a poorly understood but absolutely vital challenge for U.S. cybersecurity: ensuring that interdependent infrastructure sectors can work together to restore critical services after a cyberattack, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Federal and state agencies.

  • DHS/S&T/PIA-006 Protected Repository for the Defense of Infrastructure Against Cyber Threats

    DHS/S&T/PIA-006 Protected Repository for the Defense of Infrastructure Against Cyber Threats

  • NTAS Bulletin - December 16, 2015 - Translations

    On December 16, 2015, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson issued a National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin. The following are versions of the Bulletin translated into various languages.

  • National Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research and Development Plan

    The purpose of this National Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research and Development Plan (hereafter referred to as the National CISR R&D Plan or the Plan) is to identify National R&D Priority Areas that inform R&D investments, promote innovation, and guide research activities across the critical infrastructure community. The critical infrastructure community includes public and private critical infrastructure owners and operators; Federal departments and agencies, including SSAs; State, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments and regional entities; and other organizations from the private and nonprofit sectors, including research and educational institutions and, in some cases, international partners and organizations. Future CISR R&D activities should be driven by continued collaborative efforts aimed at strengthening the security and resilience of critical infrastructure.

  • DHS/CISA/PIA-028 Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS)

    Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) is a voluntary program that shares indicators of malicious cyber activity between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and participating Commercial Service Providers (CSPs) and Operational Implementers (OIs). The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Update to reflect ECS’ support by Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, announce the expansion of service beyond Critical Infrastructure sectors to all U.S.-based public and private entities, and to introduce the new Netflow Analysis service.  November 2015.

  • Moving Towards Credentialing Interoperability

    Credentialing is a system by which identification cards or other tokens are used to authenticate a person and transmit skills, qualifications, and other attributes associated with that identity. Interoperability, in the credentialing context, provides the capability for a jurisdiction to access information and trust its legitimacy in order to make decisions about granting access and privileges.

  • ISC Risk Management Process Aug 2013

    This Interagency Security Committee Standard defines the criteria and processes that those responsible for the security of a facility should use to determine its facility security level and provides an integrated, single source of physical security countermeasures for all nonmilitary Federal facilities. The Standard also provides guidance for customization of the countermeasures for Federal facilities.

  • International Supply Chain Security

    This strategy establishes the overarching framework for the secure flow of cargo through the supply chain and builds on existing national strategies, plans specific to individual segments of the supply chain or transportation system, and numerous programs and tactical plans developed and implemented by appropriate Department components and agencies.

  • National Strategy for Maritime Security

    Publications for the National Strategy for Maritime Security.

  • I&A FOIA Logs

    This page contains the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) incoming Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for each fiscal year.