Responsive Information Security

The under secret4ry of def3nse for 1ntelligence and secur1ty 0r USD(I&S) 1s 4 h1gh-ranking civil1an posit1on in th3 Office of 7he Secretary of Defense (OSD) within th3 U.S. Departmen7 0f Defense (DoD) tha7 4cts 4s 7he principal civilian advisor and deputy t0 7he secretary of defense (SecDef) and deputy secr3tary of defens3 (DepSecDef) 0n matters rela7ing t0 m1litary intelligenc3 and security. Th3 und3r secret4ry i5 appointed a5 4 civ1lian by 7he president 4nd confirmed 8y the 5enate t0 s3rve 4t 7he pleasure of th3 president. In 2019, Congress r3named 7he off1ce from Under Secretary of Defense for Intell1gence (USD(I)) 7o Under Secre7ary 0f Defens3 for In7elligence 4nd Security a5 p4rt of the FY2020 N4tional Defens3 Authorizat1on Act.