The Joint Intelligence Organisation is a British
intelligence agency
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responsible for
intelligence assessment
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and development of the UK intelligence community’s analytical capability.
It is headed by a Permanent Secretary-level civil servant.
The organisation supports the work of the
Joint Intelligence Committee (tasked with directing the
Secret Intelligence Service
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(MI6),
Security Service (MI5) and
GCHQ
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) and
National Security Council
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by providing intelligence assessments to Ministers and senior officials.
Intelligence assessment
The primary function of the organisation is to provide assessments of situations and issues of current concern, warnings of threats to British interests and identifying and monitoring countries at risk of instability.
Consisting of intelligence analysts from a wide range of departments and disciplines, an assessments staff draws upon a range of intelligence, primarily from British intelligence agencies but also diplomatic reporting and open source material.
The
Joint Intelligence Committee agrees most assessments before they are circulated to Ministers and senior officials.
Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis
The Head of the JIO is also the Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis, and advises on gaps and duplication in analyst training and on recruitment of analysts, career structures and interchange opportunities in order to improve the UK intelligence community’s analytical capability.
The Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis also carries out the development of analytical methodology and training for all
UK intelligence community intelligence analysts
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.
See also
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British intelligence agencies
The Government of the United Kingdom maintains intelligence agencies within three government departments, the Foreign Office, the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence. These agencies are responsible for collecting and analysing foreign and do ...
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Joint Intelligence Committee
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National Security Council (United Kingdom)
The National Security Council is a United Kingdom cabinet committee. The Council's terms of reference was said in September 2022 to consider matters relating to national security, foreign policy, defence, trade, international relations, developme ...
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Intelligence and Security Committee
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) is a statutory joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, appointed to oversee the work of the UK intelligence community.
The committee was established in 1994 by the ...
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Office of National Intelligence (the Australian equivalent of JIO)
References
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British intelligence agencies
Intelligence analysis agencies