Homeland Security Group
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:
- MI5 (the Security Service);
- MI6 (the Secret Intelligence Service);
- GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters);
- Defence Intelligence in the Ministry of Defence;
- the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) in the Cabinet Office;
- the National Security Secretariat (NSS) in the Cabinet Office;
Constituent bodies
- Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU)
- Joint Security and Resilience Centre[4]
- Homeland Security Group Science and Technology Unit
- Cyber Policy Unit[5]
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]
- Leah Clarkson Policy Manager - Homeland Security Group Jan 2021 - Present;
- Formerly
- Policy Adviser - Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
- Grants Officer - Cancer Research UK Jun 2016 - Jun 2017
- Caseworker and Office Administrator for Sadiq Khan MP House of Commons Feb 2016 - Jun 2016
Notes
- ↑ https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article/home-office-appoints-director-of-homeland-security
- ↑ Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament How the Committee works. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 March 2020.
- ↑ Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament How the Committee works. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 15 June 2022.
- ↑ JSaRC Our Position. Accessed 6 September 2022.
- ↑ LinkedIn Homeland Security Group - Senior Policy Advisor - Cyber Policy Unit - Various Roles. Job advert. Screengrab captured 6 September 2022.
- ↑ 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.
