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Intelligence activity is a national priority of the new security strategy and intelligence in the U.S. or security and defense in EU member states, which was proposed, for the first time, the achievement of a general, systematic and long term action aimed to reform important areas like: coordination, structural transformation, creation of a new structure, improve the quality and activity of human resources, reform in intelligence research and the development of technical intelligence capabilities. The dynamics of services from security and defense fields need to streamline the intelligence activity. Whatever the model of the organization and the opportunities to design the intelligence implementation and reforms in U.S. or European countries is important for maximum yield and effectiveness of the intelligence community and its components. All these directions and actions are deemed necessary to prepare a strategic shift in global intelligence to face the new challenges of the XXI century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technological advances, globalization and effervescence open version of how to obtain the information have profoundly transformed the intelligence. In a dual universe characterized by connectivity and also atomization, widely disseminated, fast, highly heterogeneous networks, amplified uncertainties both in terms of current processes, especially the predictability of those in the future. In the knowledge society, security has become, more than ever, a shared common good and the main feature of the new realities is "Transparency due to multiple inter dependencies." To face these challenges, modern administrations implementing security strategies that radically transforms the role of specialized services, become part of a national effort involving both government and civil institutions, going up to the individual responsibility of the citizen. Understanding Intelligence starts from the definition and understanding of the concept of "intelligence", one of the complex concepts given that it can be used from at least three perspectives, namely: process, organization and product. In perspective, intelligence services tend to become providing knowledge, within an interdisciplinary network, where the beneficiary and provider roles are complementary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]