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What is IC IT Enterprise (IC ITE)?

The IC IT Enterprise (IC ITE) (pronounced “eye sight”) is a strategy 

to further the DNI’s vision of intelligence integration by changing 

the IC IT’s operating model. IC ITE moves the IC from an agencycentric IT architecture to a common platform where the Community 

easily and securely shares technology, information, and resources. 

By managing and providing the Community’s IT infrastructure 

and services as a single enterprise, the IC will not only be more 

efficient, but will also establish a powerful platform to deliver more 

innovative and secure technology to desktops at all levels across the 

intelligence enterprise. These new capabilities, with seamless and 

secure access to Community-wide information, will positively and 

deeply change how users communicate, collaborate, and perform 

their mission.

 

Build to Share

To realize IC ITE’s true potential in this shared environment, trust 

and partnership must be realized across the Community and evolve 

IC IT to an integrated enterprise culture. IC ITE will enable agencies 

to share information and capabilities “on-demand” to meet mission 

needs. The result will be a more efficient model for resource 

sharing that can scale rapidly to meet unexpected and emergent 

requirements. For this effort to meet its potential, IC elements 

must rely on one another to provide and protect information, and 

to deliver and maintain critical, foundational IT needs. 

Accelerating Intelligence Integration

Operating as an enterprise will enable intelligence data to be linked -- allowing connections to be made 

from people to people, people to data, and data to data. IC ITE will also enable mission agility. An 

example of this is the IC Apps Mall and Stores that will be available from the desktop and provide users with 

thousands of categorized mission applications. This capability is similar to what Apple provides through 

Leadership Is All In

“Successful integration requires 

a Global IT infrastructure through 

which the IC can rapidly and 

reliably share intelligence with those 

who need it.” 

 - DNI James Clapper

“IC ITE will integrate our community 

better. And in that integration, it 

truly is the case that the whole 

is greater than the sum of the 

parts. It will make us more 

agile and better prepared to 

meet a spectrum of threats.” 

- PDDNI Stephanie O’Sullivan

“Our new IC IT architecture 

will enable better integration 

of the IC and build trust in 

information sharing. Missions 

will benefit from improved agility, 

scalability, and security...” 

 - IC CIO Al Tarasiuk

Leadership Is All In
iTunes or what Android provides through Google Play. This 

access to mission critical applications and collaboration tools 

will foster communities and connections across organizational 

boundaries. Additionally, IC ITE’s automated data protections 

will give mission partners the assurance that sensitive 

information is protected against unauthorized access. 

How will IC ITE Function?

IC ITE’s sharing capability will be realized through the use of a 

cloud-based architecture known as the IC Cloud -- a secure 

resource delivering IT and information services and capabilities 

to the entire community. The IC Cloud will allow personnel to log 

on to their desktop from any IC location and access 

mission-related information.

Each agency has a unique role within the IC. The individual 

agencies will internally determine necessary changes in preparation for this transformation to IC ITE. The 

details of these changes will continue to develop as the services are enabled, decision points are reached, 

and implementation has started. Throughout this process, each IC element will prepare their workforce 

through training and education to adapt to the new IC ITE operating model. 

Imagine the Possibilities

IC ITE may begin with IT, but as 

the IC operates within this new, 

common cloud-based environment, 

the Intelligence Community will 

truly transform into an integrated 

IC Enterprise. When technology 

enables seamless collaboration 

across organizational boundaries and 

mission agility is realized, imagine 

the possibilities. 

Why Now?

IC ITE creates a powerful platform 

for innovation. With the latest cloud 

technologies, powerful computing 

capabilities create opportunities 

from the challenge of Big Data, 

and enhance safeguards to protect 

the IC’s most sensitive data.

Additionally, budget constraints in 

an increasingly dangerous world 

necessitate responsible reductions. 

The IC can achieve efficiencies 

through consolidation and sharing 

IT as a service and realign the 

savings to mission priorities.

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Why Now?