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Homeland Security

DHS Information Sharing Network Gains More Users

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

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The primary network used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to securely share unclassified information with its partners at the federal, state, local, and territorial levels had significant growth in users last year, with the majority of them satisfied that the network exceeds their expectations most of the time.DHS says in a report on Monday that that the 12-year old Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) gained more than 20,000 new certified users in FY ’15, rising from 32,813 to…

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