• Provide leadership with regard to intelligence and security matters in
  • Provide leadership with regard to intelligence and security matters in furtherance of peace, security and stability in Africa
  • Coordinate strategies to facilitate interaction amongst intelligence services and exchange of intelligence on common security threats
  • Develop and consolidate confidence building measures among intelligence and security services
  • Provide the PSC of AU with necessary data and intelligence for the adoption of, among others, an African policy and strategy for peace keeping and conflict prevention, management and resolution
  • Serve as a platform for cooperation with similar organizations to CISSA outside Africa
  • Serve as a back channel of communication between Members during crisis