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Interagency Security Committee

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Risk Management, Federal Facility Security
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The Interagency Security Committee (ISC) is a collaborative organization that provides leadership to the nonmilitary federal community supporting physical security programs that are comprehensive and risk based.

Creation of the ISC

On October 19, 1995, six months after the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, President Clinton issued Executive Order (EO) 12977, creating the ISC to address continuing government-wide security for federal facilities. On November 27, 2023, President Biden signed EO 14111, which supersedes EO 12977, to reinforce the importance of federal facility security in the face of both persistent and emerging threats. 

Mission

  • The ISC collaboratively establishes policies, monitors compliance, and enhances the security and protection of federal facilities. 

Vision

  • Federal facilities, the people who work at them, and those that visit are safe and secure throughout the country.  

Leadership

Leadership for the ISC is provided by the chair (the Department's Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security), the Chief, ISC, and four standing subcommittees.

  • Compliance Subcommittee
  • Countermeasures Subcommittee
  • Design-Basis Threat Subcommittee
  • Standards Subcommittee

Membership

The ISC consists of 24 primary members designated by EO 14111 and, to date, 42 associate members that have subsequently petitioned to join. The ISC provides coordinated interagency solutions to problems, which cannot be solved by individual departments and agencies alone.

View ISC Primary & Associate Members

Subcommittees

ISC subcommittees identify long- and short-term priorities and oversee strategic initiatives. Current subcommittees include the following:

  • Compliance Subcommittee: Ensure compliance with established standards and oversee the implementation of appropriate security measures in federal facilities.
  • Countermeasures Subcommittee: Oversees the development of security criteria, degree of applicability, and associated countermeasures necessary to match the undesirable events as identified in the Design-Basis Threat (DBT) report.
  • Design-Basis Threat Subcommittee: Provides annual updates to the Design-Basis Threat (DBT) report.
  • Standards Subcommittee: The focal point for coordination of all ISC standards.

Working Groups

Working groups produce the ISC’s standards and best practices. Working groups are task-based and address a wide range of current and potential risks.

Authorities and Superseded Products

View the Authorities & Superseded Products for the ISC

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TRIPwire

To access more ISC resources, visit the Technical Resource for Incident Prevention (TRIPwire). TRIPwire is an online, collaborative information-sharing and resource portal designed to help prevent improvised explosive device incidents.

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Contact

Interagency Security Committee
Department of Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. 20528

Attn: Chief, Interagency Security Committee

Email: ISC.DHS.GOV@hq.dhs.gov

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Audience: Federal Government, Industry, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Government
Sector: Government Services and Facilities Sector
Topics: Federal Facility Security, Risk Management
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