Homeland Security

Overview

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.

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:

• Immigration, Screening and Border Management
• Intelligence and Information Sharing
• Preparedness, Protection, and Response
• Management Transformation and Enterprise Services
• Maritime and Transportation Security

Current Work Programs

Behind MITRE's Homeland Security Center stands our 50-year history of objective support in the public interest on issues of critical national importance. Among our work programs:

• Developing system-of-systems engineering capabilities for use by the Secure Border Initiative to help DHS explore the effects of potential policy and investment actions and enable coordinated decisions.
• Acting as a principal player in the FAA's air domain security mission by developing new systems and procedures to increase security while minimizing the impact on air travel and commerce.
• Working to ensure the financial stability of our economy by partnering with the IRS, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control to fight money laundering and terrorist financing.
• Enhancing airport security without increasing wait times for travelers by supporting the Transportation Safety Administration's near- and long-term strategies for improving airport security, including the initial introduction of the Registered Traveler (RT) program.
• Providing critical systems engineering, information technology, and acquisition support to the National Communications System (NCS), whose 23 federal departments and agencies are charged with national security and emergency preparedness responsibilities, including the preservation of consistent, reliable telecommunications services during natural and man-made disasters.
• Establishing the Enterprise Technology Laboratory, or ETLab, where DHS officials can use the equipment to facilitate simulations and working sessions to see how new border security measures might work.
• Providing systems engineering modeling capabilities and systems engineering support that enables trade space analysis and countermeasure optimization for the Standoff Technology Integration and Demonstration Program.

Related Information

Articles and News

• Fusion at Work: A New Type of Organization Helps Combat Terrorism
• Gravity Imaging: A New Look at Border Security
• Cybersecurity: Defending Against Advanced Persistent Threats

Technical Papers and Presentations

• NCIC 2000 Image Compression Algorithms—Volume IV: Flat Live-Scan Searchprint Compressions
• Network Management in Emergency Response: Articulation Practices of State-Level Managers Interweaving Up, Down and Sideways
• Reliable Electronic Text: The Elusive Prerequisite for a Host of Human Language Technologies

Websites

• Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) FFRDC
• DoD Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) FFRDC
• Center for Enterprise Modernization (CEM) FFRDC
• Homeland Security Center

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