Real Estate Industry, Feds Partner Up on New Terrorism Info Bank

WASHINGTON, DC-Real Estate industry officials have joined forces with the federal government to create the Real Estate Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a central clearinghouse of sorts for the exchange of information on terrorist threats and building security issues between the private and federal sectors. Leaders of the Real Estate Roundtable and the National Infrastructure Protection Center, which is part of the US Department of Homeland Security, signed documents establishing the non-profit organization during an official ceremony held at FBI headquarters earlier this week.

“Our industry’s challenge is to communicate fully with government authorities relative to threats we receive, to assess our vulnerabilities, and to develop protective measures, including risk mitigation and response plans, that are effective and practical,” Real Estate Roundtable president and COO Jeffrey D. DeBoer says in a statement from the ceremony. “At the same time, we must be mindful of the costs, both economic and societal, relative to the intended benefits. We believe all of these important goals will be advanced by the Real Estate ISAC that the partnership supports.”