NJHSTSC was created to ensure the State’s readiness to, develop, harness, and deploy the most effective technologies available to deter or respond to the threat or terrorist attacks, by virtue of Executive Order 111, the State established the Homeland Security Technology Systems Center at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The center focuses on reducing vulnerabilities identified by state and federal government as vital to national security.

This Center is established with full-time technical and program management staff to execute its mission with focus and clarity. By its success, New Jersey assumes a role of national leadership in addressing critical problems that must be resolved if we are to preserve daily freedoms while safeguarding our people and property from terrorism. The " Center will maximize the effectiveness of dollars spent today while creating structure for continuous improvement across all aspects of domestic society that taps traditional American ingenuity and new-found spirit of public-private collaboration.

The NJ-Homeland Security Technology Systems Center is a seperate entity from the newly developed Homeland Security and Emergency Management Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.  www.homelandsecurity.njit.edu