[6] It works primarily with organising committees,[7] governments, bidding nations,[8] infrastructure owners, sport associations[9][10][11] leagues[12][13][14][15] and clubs.

[10][9] The ICSS and the Sorbonne in Paris released a research project in 2014 claiming that USD$140 billion was laundered every year through sports betting.

At the time, Reuters reported that ICSS had a "credibility problem" due to suspicions concerning Qatar's methods for obtaining the right to host the 2022 FIFA event back in 2010.

[27] In 2016, Hanzab launched the Sports Integrity Global Alliance, which was officially unconnected to ICSS, but had a number of related people involved.

[25] In 2021, the United Nations and the ICSS released the jointly developed Global Guide on the Security of Major Sporting Events.

[38] At that time the centre's staff included Heinz Palme (Vice Director General), Massimiliano Montanari (Chief of Cabinet), Shaun McCarthy (ICSS Enterprise), Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros (ICSS Europe and Latin America), Chris Eaton (Sport Integrity),[39][40][41] Malcolm Tarbitt (Safety and Security), and Karen Webb (Communications and PR).

[42] The centre's policies and direction in 2015 were developed by an advisory board including Juliette Kayyem, an Obama administration appointee who served as assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security.

[43] The ICSS works to improve security, safety and integrity in sport by addressing real issues and providing world-leading services, skills, networks and knowledge.

The Save the Dream[51][52] campaign was launched by Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani (Secretary General, Qatar Olympic Committee), Mohammed Hanzab (President, ICSS), and Italian football player Alessandro del Piero[53] as Captain of the Athletes' Board.

Speakers included Lord John Stevens, William J. Bratton, Rick Parry, Sir Ronald Flanagan, Leonard McCarthy and Michael Johnson.

Speakers included Khoo Boon Hui, David Dein[69] Danny Jordaan,[70] Bernard Lapasset, Haroon Lorgat, Michael E. Porter.

Dave Richards,[71][72][73][74] Tim Sebastian, Helmut Spahn,[75] and John Stevens At the 2014 conference World Anti-Doping Agency director David Howman gave a talk about criminal activity in organized sport.