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*[[Chloe Squires]] - From 1 April 2021 Squires is '[[Director General for Homeland Security]] at the Home Office and Senior Responsible Officer for Counter Terrorism'. She 'has been with the Home Office since 2019 and has spent over a decade working across the national security community. Before joining the Home Office, she was Director of Strategy at the [[National Cyber Security Centre]].'<ref>Home Office [https://archive.ph/xguIG New Director General for Homeland Security announced: New head of Homeland Security took up the role at the beginning of April]. Published 7 April 2021. Retrieved from Archive.today of 20 February 2022.</ref>
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*[[Chloe Squires]] - From 1 April 2021 Squires is '[[Director General for Homeland Security]] at the Home Office and Senior Responsible Officer for Counter Terrorism'. She 'has been with the Home Office since 2019 and has spent over a decade working across the national security community. Before joining the Home Office, she was Director of Strategy at the [[National Cyber Security Centre]].'<ref>Home Office [https://archive.ph/xguIG New Director General for Homeland Security announced: New head of Homeland Security took up the role at the beginning of April]. Published 7 April 2021. Retrieved from Archive.today of 20 February 2022.</ref> 'Prior to this appointment, she was [[Director National Security]] in the Home Office (from May 2019) and led on a range of national security issues including aspects of Counter Terrorism, the domestic response to Hostile State Activity, implementation of the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act and associated oversight mechanisms, the operational relationship with MI5 and the use of national security related immigration and disruption powers. After graduating with a degree in History from Oxford University, Chloe joined the UK Civil Service Fast Stream. She has spent most of her career working in the national security sphere on both domestic and international issues including stints in the [[FCDO]] and [[Cabinet Office]]. Amongst other areas she has led on NATO, national security legislation and compliance and crisis management. Cyber Security has been a theme throughout Chloe’s career, having jointly authored the UK’s first Cyber Security Strategy. She has since worked as both [[Director Cyber]] in the [[FCDO]] and as Director of Strategy, as part of the team who set up the UK’s [[National Cyber Security Centre]] in 2016 in [[GCHQ]].<ref>CSaP [https://web.archive.org/web/20220913083933/https://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/chloe-squires/ Chloe Squires]. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 13 September 2021.</ref>
 
*[[Leah Clarkson]] Policy Manager  - Homeland Security Group Jan 2021 - Present;  
 
*[[Leah Clarkson]] Policy Manager  - Homeland Security Group Jan 2021 - Present;  
 
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**Formerly

Revision as of 08:40, 13 September 2022

The Homeland Security Group was created in April 2021[1] and is the new name for the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism in the Home Office. Like the OSCT the HSG is one of the ‘seven Agencies and Departments which form the UK Intelligence Community’.[2][3] The other six agencies are:


Constituent bodies

People

  • Chloe Squires - From 1 April 2021 Squires is 'Director General for Homeland Security at the Home Office and Senior Responsible Officer for Counter Terrorism'. She 'has been with the Home Office since 2019 and has spent over a decade working across the national security community. Before joining the Home Office, she was Director of Strategy at the National Cyber Security Centre.'[6] 'Prior to this appointment, she was Director National Security in the Home Office (from May 2019) and led on a range of national security issues including aspects of Counter Terrorism, the domestic response to Hostile State Activity, implementation of the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act and associated oversight mechanisms, the operational relationship with MI5 and the use of national security related immigration and disruption powers. After graduating with a degree in History from Oxford University, Chloe joined the UK Civil Service Fast Stream. She has spent most of her career working in the national security sphere on both domestic and international issues including stints in the FCDO and Cabinet Office. Amongst other areas she has led on NATO, national security legislation and compliance and crisis management. Cyber Security has been a theme throughout Chloe’s career, having jointly authored the UK’s first Cyber Security Strategy. She has since worked as both Director Cyber in the FCDO and as Director of Strategy, as part of the team who set up the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre in 2016 in GCHQ.[7]
  • Leah Clarkson Policy Manager - Homeland Security Group Jan 2021 - Present;

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article/home-office-appoints-director-of-homeland-security
  2. ↑ Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament How the Committee works. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament How the Committee works. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 15 June 2022.
  4. ↑ JSaRC Our Position. Accessed 6 September 2022.
  5. ↑ LinkedIn Homeland Security Group - Senior Policy Advisor - Cyber Policy Unit - Various Roles. Job advert. Screengrab captured 6 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Home Office New Director General for Homeland Security announced: New head of Homeland Security took up the role at the beginning of April. Published 7 April 2021. Retrieved from Archive.today of 20 February 2022.
  7. ↑ CSaP Chloe Squires. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 13 September 2021.
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