Information Sharing (NCRIC) and Infrastructure Protection

Overview

Information sharing and infrastructure protection have been combined.  The FY 2009 Homeland Security Grant Program encourages critical infrastructure and key resource (CI/KR) partners to fully engage in the fusion process.  Information Sharing and CI/KR are intricately interrelated and will be managed through the same fusion center mechanism.  The three Bay Area Terrorism Early Warning Groups (TEWG) have been consolidated into a single fusion center as of January 1, 2009, which will be responsible for information sharing and the coordination of infrastructure protection.   

The Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) is the Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center (RTTAC) for the Northern District of California and includes the following fifteen counties; Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Sonoma Counties.  The NCRIC provides an all-crimes / all-threats fusion center that provides analytic and technical resources to collect, evaluate, analyze and disseminate timely information related to terrorist threats, criminal events, organized criminal activity, narcotics organizations, gang activity and serial crime events to government and private sector agencies that have a legal need and right to know the information.  This includes providing a platform for interagency cooperation, communication, training, and technical/equipment support to the jurisdictions located in the NCRIC area.  The NCRIC will also provide training and vulnerability assessments to governmental and private sector Critical Infrastructure and Key Resource (CI/KR) facilities in an effort to mitigate the potential exploitation of vulnerabilities from criminal / terrorist groups.

The NCRIC supports a FY 2009 UASI Funding Priority to Maximize Information sharing between local, state and federal partners via the National Network of Fusion Centers.  The NCRIC builds an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to and recover from acts of terrorism as outlined by the Urban Area Security Initiative Program and the Strategic Objectives of the California Office of Homeland Security.

For more information please contact Dave Hober.