HSIN: Effective and Secure
Collaboration in Critical Situations
Presented by Mission Advocate Hanh Truong
Texas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Conference
May 14, 2015
The Front Door to
Homeland Security Information
Web‐based, Sensitive But Unclassified, information‐sharing
platform connecting all Homeland Security Partners
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HSIN is Driven by Your Mission
MISSION AREAS
DIVERSE
MEMBERSHIP
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HSIN Features
Comprehensive
HSIN Training
Alerts and
Notifications
Managed Workflow
Capabilities
Basic Learning
Management
System (LMS)
List/Document
Repository
Instant
Messaging
GIS Mapping
Secure
Messaging
Web Conferencing
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List/Library Repository
Library
List
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GIS Mapping
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Secure Messaging
Web Conferencing
Common Operating Picture
WV National Scout
Jamboree- July 2013
Active Events Schedule
Video Share
HSIN Real World Success
Mission
HSIN In Use
Daily Operations
• Kentucky Homeland Security Grant
Program
• Domestic Highway Enforcement Interstate
Drug Trafficking Bust
• USNORTHCOM
• Operation Strong Safety
Planned Events
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MLB All Star Week
Kentucky Derby
Super Bowl
National Scout Jamboree
Waste Management® Open
Incident Response
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West Virginia Safe Schools
Boston Marathon Bombing
Attempted White House Perimeter Breach
St. Thomas Gas Fire
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HSIN in Use: Phoenix Events 2015
Organizations: DHS Intelligence and Analysis Field Operations,
Phoenix and Scottsdale Police Departments, Arizona Counter
Terrorism Information Center
Sectors: Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Event
Planning and Coordination
Date: Dec 2014-Feb 2015
Summary: From New Year’s Eve through February 2, 2015, the
greater Phoenix area hosted four major sporting events including
the Super Bowl XLIX and welcomed almost 700,000 people to the
region. HSIN supported situational awareness and helped more
than 100 agencies and organizations coordinate their activities from
the early days of planning until the events were complete.
With a single click, I could find out what was going on, stay
engaged, and more easily meet everyone’s needs. That’s
the beauty of HSIN.
Special Agent in Charge
Matthew C. Allen
DHS Homeland Security Investigations Phoenix
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HSIN in Use:
Operation Strong Safety (OSS)
Organization: Texas Department of Public Safety
Sector: Human and Narcotics Trafficking
Date: Ongoing since June 2014
Summary: OSS is a multi-agency, data driven law
enforcement effort based in HSIN and led by the Texas
Department of Public Safety designed to conduct border
security operations and reduce significant criminal
activity in the Texas-Mexico border region, including
human and drug trafficking.
HSIN provides mapping functionalities and the
capability to stream video from our air surveillance
platforms. When commanders are outside the
command post, they are able to see the information and
really grasp the significance of the event.
Commander Lee Ann Groves
Texas Joint Information Crime Center
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HSIN in Use: BRAVE Project
Organizations: Baton Rouge Area Violence
Elimination (BRAVE), Louisiana State
Analytical & Fusion Exchange (LA-SAFE),
Louisiana State University
Sectors: Law Enforcement
Date: Ongoing
Summary: The BRAVE project in
coordination with LA-SAFE is using HSIN as
part of their innovative violent crime reduction
strategy involving social media to track and
analyze criminal data
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HSIN in Use: Interstate Drug
Trafficking Bust
Organizations: National High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Area, Domestic Highway
Enforcement Strategy, California & Oregon
Fusion Centers & Illinois State Highway Patrol
Sector: Law Enforcement
Date: 2012
Summary: HSIN was used to share information
between states which led to discovery and
confiscation of a significant quantity of illicit
drugs
“HSIN fills an information sharing niche that we couldn’t
find anywhere else. More than 500 officers from federal,
state, and local levels as well as analysts needed a way to
communicate, and HSIN filled that gap for us.”
Mike Snyders,
DHE, National HIDTA Assistance Center
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HSIN in Use: Kentucky Derby
Organizations: Kentucky Joint Emergency
Services Unit, National Weather Service, local
law enforcement & public health officials
Sectors: Emergency Management, Law
Enforcement
Dates: April – May 2013 & 2014
Summary: During several events over two
weeks with more than 500,000 in attendance,
HSIN was used by more than 70 officials to
increase efficiency and decrease false alarms
with the use of real-time video and crossreferencing from previous years’ information
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HSIN in Use: West Virginia
Safe Schools
Organizations: Multiple State and Local Agencies
in W.Va.
Sectors: Emergency Management, Law
Enforcement
Date: Established 2014, ongoing effort
Summary: HSIN is the designated system across
all 55 W.Va. counties to share information that will
help school officials and first responders prevent,
prepare for and respond to emergencies
“…It just made sense to use HSIN for an initiative of
this magnitude. HSIN is more than a simple repository
of data. The platform provides the resources we need
for collaborative incident and emergency response
operations.”
Jimmy Gianato
W.Va. Department of Homeland Security
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HSIN in Use: Virgin Islands Incident
Response Exercise
Organization: Virgin Islands Fusion Center
Sector: Emergency Management
Dates: December 10–11, 2013
Summary: Fusion Center used HSIN
Connect Multi Threat Coordination (MTC)
room and HSIN Notify to conduct full scale
exercise on St. Thomas: Operation Tide
Breaker III
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HSIN in Use: Tropical Storm Karen
Organizations: USCG Sector New
Orleans, Emergency Preparedness Officials
in Gulf States
Sectors: Emergency Management,
Defense
Date: October 3-5, 2013
Summary: HSIN was used by Federal,
State and Local agencies for the common
operational picture for planning and
collaboration
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HSIN in Use: Deepwater Horizon
Organizations: USCG, FEMA, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Association & US
Army Corps of Engineers
Sectors: Emergency Management, Law
Enforcement, Defense
Date: May - July 2010
Summary: HSIN was used to provide onscene communications through it’s secure,
web-based information sharing platform for
communications, updates and training during
the major, ongoing incident
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Two-Way, Open Communications
with Users and Leaders
• Weekly and Bi-Weekly Updates
– Governance Body Members
– Site Owners
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Email Blasts to Users
Monthly Newsletter
HSIN Central
HSIN.Outreach@hq.dhs.gov
Speaking and Exhibiting at Events
Trusted Relationships with Sector
Websites, Publications
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Think About Your Mission
• Does HSIN fill a gap within your
operation?
• How can HSIN help streamline
and support your mission?
Gather
Feedback
Refine
Deploy
• Gain information from existing
communities (EM, ES, CS, etc.)
Design
Test
Build
“HSIN compliments existing information sharing
platforms to fill operational gaps”
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More Information/Contact HSIN
Hanh Truong
HSIN Mission Advocate
Western Region (KS, LA, OK, TX)
Primary number: 202-802-0324
Hanh.Truong@associates.hq.dhs.gov
Visit HSIN for additional Information:
https://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-informationnetwork
Email: HSIN.Outreach@hq.dhs.gov
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