# Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System **Entity class:** Classified intelligence information network **Aliases:** JWICS ## Definition The **Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System** is the Intelligence Community's global network for highly classified communications, collaboration, and information services. DIA manages the enterprise and treats its modernization, reliability, performance, and security as core defense-intelligence infrastructure. ## Relationships - **manager:** [[wiki/Defense Intelligence Agency|Defense Intelligence Agency]]. - **enterprise forum:** [[wiki/DoDIIS Worldwide Conference|DoDIIS Worldwide Conference]]. - **security layer:** [[wiki/Sensitive Compartmented Information|Sensitive Compartmented Information]], identity management, encryption, monitoring, and access control. - **collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [DIA — DoDIIS Worldwide 2026 recap](https://www.dia.mil/News-Features/Articles/Article-View/Article/4591870/2026-dodiis-worldwide-jumpstarting-the-defense-intelligence-agencys-renewed-int/) ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "[DIA Director James Adams] laid out his vision and the goal of the conference: to develop technology that is integrated, interoperable, secure and built to operate at the speed combatant commanders require." > **— Defense Intelligence Agency**, *September 8, 2026, 2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference Recap* [[reminders/Information/Defense Technology Must Be Integrated Interoperable Secure and Fast by Defense Intelligence Agency|Defense Technology Must Be Integrated Interoperable Secure and Fast by Defense Intelligence Agency]] > "The virtual SCIF brings the security of a physical vault to the front and is built on zero trust principles that the IC and DoW requires, enabling collaboration." > **— Defense Intelligence Agency**, *September 8, 2026, 2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference Recap* [[reminders/Cybernetics/A Virtual SCIF Can Bring Physical-Vault Security to the Front by Defense Intelligence Agency|A Virtual SCIF Can Bring Physical-Vault Security to the Front by Defense Intelligence Agency]] > "Finally, improving JWICS, the global secure intelligence network, is an ongoing process that improves performance and reliability of a critical component of national defense." > **— Defense Intelligence Agency**, *September 8, 2026, 2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference Recap* [[reminders/Information/JWICS Improvement Strengthens a Critical National Defense Network by Defense Intelligence Agency|JWICS Improvement Strengthens a Critical National Defense Network by Defense Intelligence Agency]]