Cim (Noun)
Meaning
The United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Joint Intelligence Committee provides reports on global threats to the Cabinet, often using information supplied by the agencies in the cim.
- Cim centralises efforts for British intelligence and operational collaboration regarding sensitive global security matters.
- Following the interagency discussions at cim meetings, the cabinet initiated responses to address the growing national security concerns.
- The central machinery manages the coordination and production of strategic intelligence assessments which informs the decisions of both the Cabinet and cim.
- Cim reviews strategic priorities biannually, and reviews plans from the individual security organisations then develop new priorities as needed.