Intelligence and Security Secretariat
From SR
Roles
The primary responsibility of the Intelligence and Security Secretariat (ISS) is to ensure that the Prime Minister and other senior Ministers are well served on cross-Government intelligence and security issues.
Objectives:
- Ensure that the government's foreign, defence and security policy decisions are usefully informed by timely, accurate and objectively assessed intelligence
- Support the Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, Permanent Secretaries (PSIS), the JIC and Official Committee on Security (SO) in their roles of coordinating security and intelligence policy and funding
- Oversee and co-ordinate analytical capabilities, methodology and training in the security, defence and foreign affairs fields
- Lead the implementation of the SCOPE programme which aims to increase the ability of Government to disseminate and use intelligence effectively in support of policy
- Provide strategic leadership and co-ordination of government's Information Assurance activity, with the aim of providing assurance to government that the risks to information systems of key public interest are appropriately managed.
Clients
Key client Departments:
- 10 Downing Street
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
- Ministry of Defence (MOD)
- Home Office
- The Department for International Development
- HM Treasury
- Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DTI)
- The Security and Intelligence Agencies
