About US
VISION
To be the global anchor of trust for Earth observation, ensuring a transparent, secure, and resilient planetary digital twin that empowers a safer world.
MISSION
To facilitate a collaborative environment where the geospatial community preemptively identifies, analyzes, and mitigates physical and cyber threats to GEOINT infrastructure, ensuring the uncompromised flow of actionable intelligence to public and private stakeholders.
GEOINT-ISAC STRATEGIC FOCUS
1. Ensuring “Ground Truth” Integrity
In an era of generative AI, the most significant threat is Geospatial Spoofing. The ISAC assists members in defending the authenticity of information.
Combatting Synthetic Imagery: Assisting members in developing “digital watermarking” and blockchain-based provenance for satellite imagery to prove it hasn’t been altered.
Sensor Validation: Working to create a peer-to-peer verification system where multiple sensor types (SAR, Optical, Infrared) cross-validate an event to rule out spoofing.
2. Orbital & Spectrum Resilience
Assisting members as they account for the harsh and contested environment of space.
Space Domain Awareness (SDA): Sharing real-time data on “close approaches” or aggressive maneuvers by adversarial satellites near commercial assets.
Electronic Warfare (EW) Defense: Assisting in monitoring and mapping terrestrial “jamming hotspots” that interfere with GPS/GNSS and downlink frequencies.
3. Securing the “Cloud-to-Edge” Pipeline
Modern GEOINT relies on massive cloud processing and “Edge AI” (processing data on the satellite itself).
Downlink Protection: Assisting members on securing the ground stations and teleports that receive petabytes of sensitive data.
Algorithm Security: Helping to protect the proprietary AI models that detect objects (tanks, ships, crops) from “adversarial machine learning” attacks designed to make them “blind” to certain targets.
4. Bridging the Public-Private Intelligence Gap
The center would act as a “clearing house” for information that is often siloed by classification.
Declassification Advocacy: Working with government agencies to quickly declassify “threat indicators” so commercial operators can protect their fleets.
Commercial Insights for Defense: Funneling rapid-revisit commercial data to public safety officials during disasters or kinetic conflicts.
5. Standardizing Global Geospatial Policy
A strategic focus on the “Rules of the Road” for the 21st century.
Ethical Geo-Fencing: Assisting members on establishing voluntary industry standards on when to restrict imagery (e.g., protecting humanitarian sites or sensitive tactical movements).
Supply Chain Sovereignty: Working with members and working groups to establish the auditing of hardware and software components used in satellites to ensure no backdoors exist in the sensor supply chain.
GEOINT-ISAC LEADERSHIP
The GEOINT-ISAC Vision & Mission are Guided and Operationalized by:
The GEOINT-ISAC Leadership Advisory Council
GEOINT-ISAC Executive Management
International Association of Certified ISAOs (IACI) Executive Management
Supported by:
GEOINT-ISAC Members
The GEOINT-ISAC is a Division of the International Association of Certified ISAOs (IACI)
Advancing Global Critical Infrastructure Security Resilience
Accelerating ‘Actionable’ Intelligence Information Sharing, Analysis & Response
(Physical, Geospatial, Cyber, Cyber-Physical )
Supported by Best Practice & Education
Public-Private Collaboration
The International Association of Certified ISAOs (IACI)
IACI | GEOINT-ISAC Headquarters
IACI-CERT, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida
IACI and The GEOINT-ISAC – Formally Authorized and Recognized:
US DHS Cybersecurity Information Sharing Collaboration Agreement (2016)
2015 Presidential Executive Order 13691
Critical Infrastructure Information Sharing ISAC Communities
Members – Open Participation in ISAC Communities
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Breaking Down Long Standing Public-Private Barriers & Silos Across Critical Infrastructure
Join GEOINT-ISAC
Joining a Geospatial Intelligence Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) offers organizations a strategic advantage by providing a collaborative ecosystem to combat sector-specific physical and cyber threats. In an era where critical infrastructure—from satellite constellations to maritime logistics—is increasingly targeted, a Geospatial ISAC serves as a vital hub for real-time threat intelligence, allowing members to share indicators of compromise and “ground truth” observations that might otherwise remain siloed.
By participating, your organization gains access to a specialized repository of actionable data, including satellite imagery analysis, GPS interference reports, and vulnerability assessments tailored to geospatial technologies like GIS and remote sensing. This collective defense model not only accelerates incident response and risk mitigation but also fosters professional growth through technical exchanges, benchmarking, and cross-sector coordination with government agencies like the NGA.
Ultimately, membership transforms a single entity’s situational awareness into a shared, robust security posture that protects both proprietary assets and the integrity of global location-based services.