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Homeland Security

Acting DHS Intel Chief Outlines Role In Cybersecurity

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

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Acting DHS Intel Chief Outlines Role In Cybersecurity

The Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has several roles in the department’s cybersecurity mission including information sharing and analysis, the agency’s acting director said on Tuesday. Most of I&A’s intelligence office personnel are “embedded physically” with the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which has responsibility for protecting networks, understanding the threats against the networks, and helping with resilience, Melissa Smislova, acting under secretary for I&A, said during an event hosted by the Intelligence…

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