Oct 16, 2003

The Centre draws personnel and input from the broader Canadian intelligence community, including those involved with defence, immigration, transport, communications, customs, critical infrastructure, foreign affairs and law enforcement to prepare timely, client-focussed and value-added intelligence. The assessments produced by the Centre are then distributed to the Government of Canada and recipient departments who forward them, as appropriate, to their partners, including those at the provincial, municipal and territorial levels, to improve warning, response and incident mitigation capabilities.

Objectives of the Centre

The primary objective of INSAC is to assist in the prevention and disruption of national security threats at the earliest possible stage, thereby weakening threat infrastructures and pre-empting future threat-related activities. This is accomplished through the production of timely assessments, which combine strategic and operational intelligence through the unique and dynamic interaction of participants.

The Centre benefits from the multi-disciplinary backgrounds of its participants as well as the diverse skill sets they possess. It also provides each participant with an effective conduit to their home departments and agencies, including direct access to relevant databases and information holdings. This integrative approach to information sharing and assessment is designed to not only enable a more effective response to security threats, but also to promote a better understanding of the mandates of the departments and agencies involved in the Centre.

Participants in the INSAC process include the: