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Intelligence and Security Secretariat

What is our key responsibility?

The primary responsibility of the ISS is to ensure that the Prime Minister and other senior Ministers are well served on cross-Government intelligence and security issues.

How do we support the Government?

  1. Ensure that the government's foreign, defence and security policy decisions are usefully informed by timely, accurate and objectively assessed intelligence;
  2. 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;
  3. Oversee and co-ordinate analytical capabilities, methodology and training in the security, defence and foreign affairs fields;
  4. 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; and
  5. 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.

Who are our key client Departments?

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