The President of the Council of Ministers and the Delegated Authority exercise their functions through the DIS – Dipartimento informazioni per la sicurezza [Security Intelligence Department] in order to ensure a fully unified approach in planning intelligence collection as well as in the analyses and operational activities carried out by both the AISE and the AISI.

In particular, the DIS:

• coordinates all security intelligence activities and reviews results
• is constantly kept informed about AISE and AISI operations and passes the reports and analyses produced by the Security Intelligence System on to the President of the Council of Ministers
• gathers the information, analyses and reports from the AISE and the AISI, from the armed forces and the police forces, from the State's administrative entities and from research organizations
• draws up strategic analyses and adhoc assessments for submission to the CISR - Interministerial Committee or to single CISR Ministers
• promotes and ensures the exchange of information between the AISE and the AISI, and the police forces

Moreover, the DIS:

• oversees the activities carried out by the AISE and the AISI through its Central Inspection Office
• ensures the correct application of the provisions issued by the President of the Council of Ministers regarding the administrative protection of State secrets and classified documents
• issues guidelines for the unified management of the personnel of the DIS, the AISE and the AISI
• draws up the acquisition plan for human, material and instrumental resources along with the AISE and the AISI
• sees to institutional communication and the promotion of the culture of security

By law, four offices were established within the DIS with specific tasks:

• Central Inspection Office
• Central Archives Office
• Central Secrecy Office (UCSe)
• Instruction School

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