Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre (ITAC)
www.itac-ciet.gc.ca
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ITAC's Role
ITAC’s role is to help prevent and reduce the effects of terrorist incidents on Canadians and Canadian interests, both at home and abroad.
Various departments and agencies within the federal government are responsible for collecting information about threats to our national security. Such information is known as security intelligence. Participating departments include the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canada Border Services Agency, Transport Canada, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
ITAC analyzes security intelligence from its various partner institutions and produces threat assessments – integrated analyses of the intent and capability of terrorists to carry out attacks. These threat assessments are then distributed to members of the Canadian security intelligence community, provincial emergency authorities, first responders, and the private sector.
Threat assessments produced by ITAC are related to possible terrorist attacks, terrorist trends and special events taking place in Canada and globally. ITAC assessments are also used in the development of international travel advisories and in the development of threat and risk assessments for Canadian missions, interests, and persons abroad.
The Centre’s team consists of employees from various security intelligence organizations from across Canada, and is a vital link in ensuring an integrated, security intelligence system to protect Canadians.
ITAC team members are able to access a number of open and classified sources of information across government to produce threat assessments. It allows the Centre to offer a broad and integrated analysis regarding a particular threat.
As needed, ITAC can draw upon the specialized knowledge of other federal government departments and agencies.
