The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) is the civilian national intelligence component of the

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and one of two statutory members of the

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(IC) within DHS, the other being

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. It is the only member of the IC tasked with providing intelligence to

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and

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(SLTT) governments, and private sector entities, and developing national intelligence products from information collected by SLTT entities. I&A leads the Homeland Security Intelligence Enterprise (HSIE), an activity which includes 7 mission centers, more than 75

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across the United States, and intelligence units from DHS field components. I&A is led by the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, a Senate-confirmed position that is dual-hatted as the department's Chief Intelligence Officer. Kenneth L. Wainstein assumed the role of Under Secretary of Intelligence and Analysis on June 7, 2022.

Overview

DHS and I&A were established in the wake of the

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to address some of the fundamental national security challenges and information sharing gaps identified by the

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. I&A was originally established by the

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as the Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. It was not until the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 that I&A was formally created as the first federal agency statutorily mandated to share information at the state and local level.

Organizational structure

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**Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis ***Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence Enterprise Operations ****Counterintelligence Mission Center ****Counterterrorism Mission Center ****Cyber Mission Center ****Economic Security Mission Center ****Transnational Organized Crime Mission Center ****Current and Emerging Threats Center ****Field Operations Division ****Homeland Identities, Targeting and Exploitation Center ***Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence Enterprise Readiness ****Intelligence Enterprise Standards ****Mission Readiness ****Chief Information Officer

DHS Intelligence Enterprise

DHS's field component intelligence units include: *

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Intelligence Enterprise (IE) *

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Intelligence/Investigations Section (I/I) *

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Office of Intelligence *

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Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information *

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Intelligence and Analysis (I&A)

References

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