Homeland Security Center (HLSC)

Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute FFRDC

One of the unique strengths that MITRE brings to this arena is our ability to collaborate openly across the company, applying solutions developed for one homeland security mission partner to the challenges faced by others.

Overview

Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (SEDI™) FFRDC was established in early 2009. Building on our existing work for the DHS, the SEDI will provide systems engineering expertise and acquisition strategy advice to improve enterprise policies, processes, and tools for mission capabilities that ensure the nation's security.

MITRE manages the SEDI and applies its capabilities in systems engineering and integration to support the full range of homeland security initiatives. We bring an interdisciplinary engineering approach to the unique challenges of homeland security, combining technical expertise, domain knowledge, and business capabilities to improve interoperability, develop flexible and expandable architectures, and integrate proven technology into practical solutions.

As a recognized and respected thought leader on issues of critical national importance, we work with the DHS and its mission partners to understand the needs of homeland security stakeholders, the citizens of the United States, and the state, local, tribal, and territorial governments that serve and protect them.

As the scope of America's homeland security mission has expanded, so has the need for greater connectivity and an integrated approach across multiple mission partners and domains. In response to this need, our Homeland Security Center (view leadership) applies MITRE's cross-cutting support for the overall success of the DHS mission in these key areas:

• Border security and immigration
• Intelligence and cyber analysis
• Preparedness, response, and recovery
• Protection of critical infrastructure
• Screening and credentialing
• Transportation security

MITRE's Homeland Security Customers

MITRE's systems engineering and integration expertise serves a broad range of government organizations responsible for homeland security. These include components within the DHS as well as its mission partners.

DHS

• Directorate for Science & Technology
• Directorate for National Protection & Programs
• Office of Infrastructure Protection
• Office of Cyber Security and Communications
• United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)
• Office of Intelligence & Analysis
• Directorate for Management
• Chief Information Officer
• Chief Procurement Officer
• Transportation Security Administration
• U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
• U.S. Coast Guard
• U.S. Customs & Border Protection
• Secure Border Initiative
• U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement

Homeland Security Mission Partners

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• Defense Information Systems Agency
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Defense
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of the Treasury
• Federal Aviation Administration
• Internal Revenue Service

Capabilities

Behind MITRE's Homeland Security Center stands our 50-year history of objective support in the public interest on issues of critical national importance. We are committed to continually maintaining and advancing our core capabilities and technologies for homeland security:

• Systems Engineering and Integration
• Strategic Planning
• Portfolio Management
• Risk Management
• Acquisition Management
• Organizational Change Management
• Management Transformation
• Enterprise Architecture
• Infrastructure Protection
• Information Assurance
• Cybersecurity
• Privacy
• Command and Control
• Communications and Networking
• Information Systems Studies and Analysis
• Air Defense Systems
• Surveillance Systems
• Intelligence Analysis
• Signal Processing
• Biometrics
• Modeling and Simulation

Related Information

Articles and News

• Merging Data for Better Decisions Under Pressure
• The Dynamics of Decisions: Modeling Sudden Changes in Group Behavior
• Hunting Dangerous Genes, Inbox by Inbox
• MITRE's Security Standards Support Massive Government IT Alignment
• MITRE Receives Department of Homeland Security Award for the Systems Engineering and Development Institute
• Private Eyes: Keeping Personal Information Safe
• Sense and Avoid: Flying Small UAS in Civil Airspace
• Clearing Checkpoints in Transportation Security
• Aircraft Biosensor Detects Pathogens in Flight
• Containing the Spread of Infectious Disease in Tight Spaces
• Uncommon Sensors May Help Secure Our Ports and Borders
• Detecting Chemical Weapons with Nano-Scale Sensors
• Honeyclients Root Out Attackers' Domains
• Unmanned Aircraft in Civil Airspace: Challenges and Opportunities
• Cell Phone Application Reports Local Criminal Activities, Aids Disaster Response
• Biometrics at the Border

Technical Papers and Presentations

• The Yin and Yang of Complex Open Systems (Balancing Integration with Innovation)
• Malicious Control System Cyber Security Attack Case Study—Maroochy Water Services, Australia
• Finding Identity Group "Fingerprints" in Documents
• Fingerprint Recompression After Segmentation
• Secure Citizen Interaction Framework
• Agile Capability Development, Assessment and Transition in Support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT)
• High Performance Computing for Disease Surveillance
• Shared Situational Awareness: A Vital Element to Next Generation Aviation Security
• Enabling Secure Interoperability Among Federated National Entities: It's a Matter of Trust
• Multi-Modal Netted Sensor Fence for Homeland Security

Websites

• Department of Homeland Security
• Our Work: Airspace Development, Safety, Security
• 2008 Innovation Exchange: Homeland Security
• 2008 Innovation Exchange: Biosecurity
• Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
• Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL)

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