SIAS Final Brief 2025 2026

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U N I T E D N A T I O N S D E P A R T M E N T O F S A F E T Y & S E C U R I T Y D I V I S I O N O F F I E L D O P E R A T I O N S F I N A L E D I T I O N F O R C O L L E A G U E S & F R I E N D S 2 0 2 5 – 2 0 2 6 M I D D L E E A S T & N O R T H A F R I C A A S I A – P A C I F I C A F R I C A E U R O P E & A M E R I C A S T H E F A R E W E L L B R I E F O F T H E S E C U R I T Y I N F O R M A T I O N A N A L Y S I S S E C T I O N We saw itWe saw it coming.coming. From the Threat and Risk Assessment Service to SIAS — the analysts who turned scattered signal into early warning for the United Nations, in more than 100 countries. One section. One final brief. S I G N A L , S U S T A I N E D · 2 0 2 5 – 2 0 2 6 P R E P A R E D B Y T H E C O L L E A G U E S O F S I A S · N E W Y O R K

F O R E W O R D S I A S · F I N A L B R I E F · 2 0 2 5 – 2 0 2 6 Reading the room,Reading the room, one last timeone last time A closing reflection from [your name — or the Section Chief's] Every section in this Department exists because someone, somewhere, needs to know what is happening before it happens to them. That was our work: turning scattered signal — incident reports, open sources, patterns no single duty station could see on its own — into something a Designated Official could act on. Quiet work, most days. Decisive on the days that weren't. The section closes under the UN80 reform, but its craft does not retire with it. The standards we wrote, the analysts we trained, and the discipline of honest assessment travel on — into other sections, other duty stations, other careers. [Add 2–3 personal sentences here: what leading/serving in this team meant to you, one specific moment of pride, and what you want colleagues to carry forward.] “ [One-line quote that captures the section's ethos — e.g. what good analysis owed the people in the field.] ” — [ N A M E ] , [ T I T L E ] S E C T I O N F I L E DESIGNATION Security Information Analysis Section (SIAS) FORMERLY Threat and Risk Assessment Service (TRS / TRAS) PARENT Division of Field Operations, UNDSS — previously Division of Regional Operations COVERAGE Four regional desks: Middle East & North Africa · Asia–Pacific · Africa · Europe & Americas HEADQUARTERS New York, with analysts embedded in field SIOCs and regional teams STOOD DOWN [Month] 2026, under the UN80 reform S I A S F I N A L B R I E F 0 2

T H E L I N E A G E S I A S · F I N A L B R I E F · 2 0 2 5 – 2 0 2 6 Threat. Risk.Threat. Risk. Insight.Insight. A short history of the section that read the world for the UN — verify the bracketed years against section records before publishing. 2005 O R I G I N S UNDSS is established, unifying UN security under one department — and with it, a dedicated capacity for security threat information and analysis at Headquarters. [Year] T H E S E R V I C E The Threat and Risk Assessment Service (TRS)Threat and Risk Assessment Service (TRS) takes shape under the Division of Regional Operations — the UN's in-house engine for threat assessments, profiles, and early warning. [Add founding detail / first Chief] 2016 T H E S T A N D A R D TRS codifies the craft: the Security Analysis HandbookSecurity Analysis Handbook and the Security Analysis Process and Practice Standards set one common language for Security Threat Information across the UN security family. [Year] C L O S E R T O T H E F I E L D Regional Security Information TeamsRegional Security Information Teams and analysts embedded in field SIOCs put the service's eyes where the risk lived — from the Sahel to the Lake Chad Basin to the Middle East. [Add a deployment or RSIT milestone you remember] 2024 R E A L I G N M E N T TRS is aligned under the new Division of Field OperationsDivision of Field Operations, alongside the Emergency Response Team, Operational Resilience, and the Operations Centre. [Year] A N E W N A M E The service becomes the Security Information Analysis Section (SIAS)Security Information Analysis Section (SIAS) — a new name for the same promise: decision-ready analysis, on time, every time. [Confirm rename date] 2026 S T A N D - D O W N Under the UN80 reformUN80 reform, SIAS stands down. Its functions [are absorbed by / redistributed to — confirm] , and its people carry the craft into what comes next. S I A S F I N A L B R I E F 0 3

T H E C R A F T S I A S · F I N A L B R I E F · 2 0 2 5 – 2 0 2 6 Warnings,Warnings, in writingin writing The product line of prevention — what the section put on desks from New York to the field, and what each one was for. F L A G S H I P Threat AssessmentsThreat Assessments Country and regional assessments underpinning the Security Risk Management process — the analytical bedrock for how the UN decides to stay and deliver. [Approx. number produced in the final year] A C T O R F O C U S Threat ProfilesThreat Profiles Deep dives on the armed groups, networks and actors shaping the environments where the UN operates — who they are, what they want, what that means for us. [Approx. number / notable profiles] T I M E - C R I T I C A L STI Alerts, Notices & WarningsSTI Alerts, Notices & Warnings The fast lane: security threat information pushed to decision-makers when minutes mattered — alerts, notices, advisories and warnings. [Approx. number issued] T H E M A T I C Topic AssessmentsTopic Assessments Cross-cutting analysis of the trends that didn't respect borders — from emerging tactics to regional spillover risks. [Add 1–2 memorable topics] P R O T E C T I V E Personal Security Risk AssessmentsPersonal Security Risk Assessments Tailored assessments protecting senior officials and high-visibility personnel — analysis with a name attached. [Approx. number / context] D O C T R I N E The Handbook & StandardsThe Handbook & Standards The Security Analysis Handbook and practice standards — the section's longest-lasting product: how the whole UN security family does analysis. [Current version / year] “ [Quote from a field colleague or CSA about a SIAS product that made a difference on the ground.] ” — [ N A M E ] , [ D U T Y S T A T I O N ] S I A S F I N A L B R I E F 0 4

B Y T H E N U M B E R S S I A S · F I N A L B R I E F · 2 0 2 5 – 2 0 2 6 The size ofThe size of the watchthe watch The system the section served — and the footprint it leaves. Replace bracketed figures with section records. 100100++ Countries where the UN security management system operates — every one of them somebody's area of coverage. 180180KK United Nations personnel worldwide whose safety the system — and its analysis — exists to enable. 400400KK Dependants standing behind those personnel. Early warning was never only about staff. 4,5004,500 UN premises across the globe — each one a dot on somebody's map in this section. [XX][XX] [Analytical products issued by the section in its final year] [XX][XX] [Analysts who served in TRS/SIAS over its lifetime — and combined years of experience] System-wide figures reflect the UN Security Management System that TRS/SIAS supported; section-specific figures to be confirmed from internal records before circulation. Analysis never made headlines. It made sure fewer headlines had to be written. S I A S F I N A L B R I E F 0 5

G E T T O K N O W U S — O N E L A S T T I M E S I A S · F I N A L B R I E F · 2 0 2 5 – 2 0 2 6 The analysts behindThe analysts behind thethe acronymacronym Swap in real names, roles, photos and a line or two per colleague. The dark panels are photo placeholders. [Marwan — your full name][Marwan — your full name] A S S O C I A T E S E C U R I T Y I N F O R M A T I O N A N A L Y S T [1–2 lines: your focus in the section, and where the craft takes you next.] [Colleague name][Colleague name] [ T I T L E / R E G I O N A L D E S K ] [Short bio, signature strength, or the desk they'll be remembered for.] [Colleague name][Colleague name] [ T I T L E / R E G I O N A L D E S K ] [Short bio, a memorable deployment, or a trademark habit the team will miss.] [Colleague name][Colleague name] [ T I T L E / R E G I O N A L D E S K ] [Short bio — duplicate this card in the source file for every additional colleague.] M·AM·A P H O T O H E R E ···· P H O T O H E R E ···· P H O T O H E R E ···· P H O T O H E R E S I A S F I N A L B R I E F 0 6

F O R T H E R E C O R D S I A S · F I N A L B R I E F · 2 0 2 5 – 2 0 2 6 What we'llWhat we'll rememberremember Voices from the section — and the lighter lines that kept it human. “ [Quote from a colleague — what serving in TRS/SIAS meant to them.] ” — [ N A M E ] , [ T I T L E ] “ [Quote from a supervisor or a field CSA the section supported.] ” — [ N A M E ] , [ T I T L E ] “ [A warmer, personal quote — a farewell to the team itself.] ” — [ N A M E ] , [ T I T L E ] O V E R H E A R D A T T H E M O R N I N G B R I E F ▸ “ [In-joke #1 — the phrase somebody said every single day] ” ▸ “ [In-joke #2 — the acronym nobody could ever expand correctly] ” ▸ “ [In-joke #3 — the late-night deadline story worth keeping] ” ▸ “ [In-joke #4 — optional; delete lines you don't need] ” S I A S F I N A L B R I E F 0 7

I N C L O S I N G The watch ends.The watch ends. TheThe watchingwatching doesn't.doesn't. Sections close. Standards, instincts, and people don't. Wherever the analysts of TRS and SIAS land next, the UN will still be reading the world through eyes this section trained. [Closing message — thank the team by name if you wish, note where the section's functions and people are headed, and say what you want remembered about SIAS.] WITH THANKS — THE COLLEAGUES OF SIAS NEW YORK · 2026 / / / E N D O F T R A N S M I S S I O N / / / S E C U R I T Y I N F O R M A T I O N A N A L Y S I S S E C T I O N · F O R M E R L Y T R S F I N A L B R I E F · 2 0 2 5 – 2 0 2 6