Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy and Transparency
Reports
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
Section 1062 - Privacy and Civil Liberties Officers, Periodic Reports:
Section 804 - Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting:
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity tackles some of the most difficult challenges across the intelligence agencies and disciplines, and results from its programs are expected to transition to its IC customers. IARPA does not have an operational mission and does not deploy technologies directly to the field.
IARPA is capable of quickly responding to new priorities, emerging challenges, scientific breakthroughs, and emerging technological opportunities. IARPA does not institutionalize programs; the status quo is always questioned, fresh ideas and perspectives are always encouraged, and only the best ideas and research performers are funded.
IARPA is committed to technical excellence and technical truth and insists that technical risk be accompanied by technical rigor. The scientific method and peer review are upheld as critical elements of program execution.
IARPA will not start a program without a good idea and an exceptional program manager to lead its execution. Our program managers are encouraged to take risks and accept failure in the pursuit of their innovative research ideas, provided that they do not sacrifice technical or programmatic integrity, and that they fully document their research results.
There are four cutting-edge offices within IARPA:
Office for Anticipating Surprise
The goal of the programs in this office is to characterize and reduce uncertainty through anticipatory intelligence, developing new capabilities to deliver timely and accurate forecasts for a range of events relevant to national security.
Office of Incisive Analysis
The goal of the programs in this office is to maximize insight from the information we collect, in a timely fashion.
Office of Safe & Secure Operations
The goal of the programs in this office is to be able to counter new capabilities implemented by our adversaries that could threaten our ability to operate freely and effectively in a networked world.
Office of Smart Collection
The goal of the programs in this office is to dramatically improve the value of collected data from all sources.
Resources & Links
Dr. Stacey Dixon, IARPA Director
Visit the IARPA Website
Follow @IARPAnews
Who We Are
National Counterintelligence and Security Center
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) is led and staffed by a cadre of professionals with decades of national security and law enforcement expertise and varied analytic, investigative and policymaking backgrounds. Working with partners across the Executive Branch Departments and Agencies and the private sector, NCSC provides expertise in several mission areas including insider threat, supply chain risk management, and personnel security. Additional information is available in the NCSC Strategic Plan for 2016-2020.
Security Executive Agent
NCSC professionals also serve as the Executive Staff for the Director of National Intelligence as Security Executive Agent (SecEA). Presidential Executive Order EO 13467, assigned the DNI responsibility for effective and uniform policies and procedures governing access to classified information for the Intelligence Community (IC) and government-wide.
National Insider Threat Task Force
Since 2011, NCSC has been the home of the National Insider Threat Task Force (NITTF). Under joint leadership of the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence, NITTF works government wide to deter the compromise of classified information by malicious insiders and to establish programs to protect federal classified networks.
What We Do
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center provides effective leadership and support to the counterintelligence and security activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community, the U.S. Government, and U.S. private sector entities who are at risk of intelligence collection or attack by foreign adversaries.
About the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC)
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) is part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and is staffed by senior counterintelligence (CI) and other specialists from across the national intelligence and security communities. The NCSC develops, coordinates, and produces:
- National Threat Identification and Prioritization Assessment (NTIPA) and other analytic CI products.
- The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America.
- Priorities for CI collection, investigations, and operations.
- CI program budgets and evaluations that reflect strategic priorities.
- In-depth espionage damage assessments.
- CI awareness, outreach, and training standards policies depends on the 17 agencies in the Intelligence Community and partners across the U.S. Government and with experts in the private sector.