Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre

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The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre is the United Kingdom’s independent, multi-agency body responsible for assessing terrorist threats and providing intelligence-based threat levels and advice to government and security partners.

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instanceOf counterterrorism organization
intelligence agency
abbreviation JTAC NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
describedAs independent multi-agency body
established 2003
focusesOn extremism-related threats
terrorism
formedAs successor to earlier ad hoc threat assessment arrangements
hasCharacteristic intelligence-based
multi-agency
jurisdiction UK government
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
languageOfWork English
locatedIn London NERFINISHED
Thames House NERFINISHED
mandate provide objective assessment of terrorist threats to the UK and UK interests overseas
parentOrganization Security Service (MI5) NERFINISHED
partOf United Kingdom intelligence community NERFINISHED
product national threat level
terrorist threat assessments
providesThreatLevelScale critical
low
moderate
severe
substantial
reportsTo Home Secretary of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
responsibleFor advising on protective security measures based on threat assessments
assessing terrorist threats to the United Kingdom
providing threat assessments to critical national infrastructure operators
providing threat assessments to government departments
providing threat assessments to law enforcement partners
providing threat assessments to security and intelligence agencies
providing threat assessments to the private sector
setting UK national terrorism threat levels
sector counterterrorism
national security
usesInformationFrom Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) NERFINISHED
Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) NERFINISHED
Security Service (MI5) NERFINISHED
international intelligence partners
other government departments
police forces in the United Kingdom
website https://www.mi5.gov.uk/threat-levels
worksWith Cabinet Office NERFINISHED
Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure NERFINISHED
Counter Terrorism Policing NERFINISHED
Home Office NERFINISHED

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Joint Intelligence Committee (United Kingdom) oversees Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre