Our Members

The Austrian intelligence community is composed of:

• Heeres-Nachrichtenamt (HNaA), strategic intelligence agency
• Abwehramt (AbwA), Military Counterintelligence Service
• Direktion für Staatsschutz und Nachrichtendienst (DSN), Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service

The Belgium intelligence community is composed of:

• Veiligheid van de Staat, Sûreté de l’état (VSSE), internal intelligence and security service
• Algemene Dienst Inlichtingen en Veiligheid, Service general du Renseignement et de la Sécurité (SGRS), general intelligence and security service of military intelligence

Academic Network:

• EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations
• Royal Military Academy

The Bulgarian intelligence community is composed of:

• State Agency for National Security (SANS) – counterintelligence and internal security;
• State Intelligence Agency (SIA) – security service, which obtains, processes, analyzes and provides the state leadership with intelligence, assessments, analyses and prognoses, related to the national security, interests and priorities of the Republic of Bulgaria;
• Defense Intelligence service (DIS) – Military Intelligence

The Croatian intelligence community is composed of:

• Ured vijeća za nacionalnu sigurnost (UVNS), Office of the National Security Council
• Sigurnosno-obavještajna agencija (SOA), Security and Intelligence Agency
• Vojna Sigurnosno-obavještajna agencija (VSOA), Military Security and Intelligence Agency

Academic Network:

• Zagreb University, Faculty of Political Science
• Zagreb University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Cypriot intelligence community is composed of:

• Κυπριακή Υπηρεσία Πληροφοριών (KYΠ/CIS), independent authority in charge of civilian foreign and domestic intelligence

Academic Network:

• University of Nicosia

The Czech intelligence community is composed of:

• Bezpečnostní informační služba (BIS), in charge of the domestic intelligence
• Úřad pro zahraniční styky a informace (ÙZSI), in charge of the foreign intelligence
• Vojenské zpravodajství (VZ), responsible for military intelligence

The Danish intelligence community is composed of:

• Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET), security and intelligence service
• Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE), defence intelligence service

Academic Network:

• Royal Danish Defence College

The Estonian intelligence community is composed of:

• Kaitsepolitseiamet (KAPO), internal security service
• Välisluureamet (EFIS), foreign intelligence service
• Luurekeskus (MIC), military intelligence centre

Academic Network:

• Estonian Academy of Security Sciences

The Finnish intelligence community is composed of:

• Suojelupoliisi (Supo), civilian security and intelligence service
• Under the Chief of Intelligence (Ministry of Defence/Defence Command):
  • Defence Intelligence Agency
  • Army intelligence
  • Navy intelligence
  • Air Force intelligence
  • Defence attachés, Crisis Management operations, National Intel Units

Academic Network:

• Complexity Research Group of University of Vaasa

For more information:

• Frontpage | Supo Yearbook
• Supo Yearbook 2021: Finns must be prepared for influencing efforts from Russia during NATO debate | Supo

The French intelligence community is composed of:

• Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE), foreign intelligence service
• Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure (DGSI), domestic security and intelligence service
• Direction du renseignement militaire (DRM), military intelligence service
• Direction du renseignement et de la sécurité de la défense (DRSD), in charge of counter intelligence in the defence sphere
• Direction nationale du renseignement et des enquêtes douanières (DNRED), in charge of implementing the intelligence, control and anti-fraud policy in customs matters
• Traitement du renseignement et action contre les circuits financiers clandestins (TracFin), responsible for fighting against tax fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing
• Coordination nationale du renseignement et de la lutte contre le terrorisme (CNRLT), national intelligence and counter terrorism coordination

Academic Network:

• Intelligence Academy

The German intelligence community is composed of:

• Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), German Foreign Intelligence Service
• Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV), Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
• Bundesamt für den Militärischen Abschirmdienst (MAD), Military Counterintelligence Service

Academic Network:

• Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences
• Bundeswehr University Munich

The Hungarian intelligence community is composed of:

• Információs Hivatal (IH) – Information Office
• Alkotmányvédelmi Hivatal (AH) – Constitution Protection Office
• Nemzetbiztonsági Szakszolgálat (NBSZ) – Special Service for National Security
• Nemzeti Információs Központ (NIK) – National Information Centre
• Terrorelhárítási Központ (TEK) – Counter Terrorism Centre
• Katonai Nemzetbiztonsági Szolgálat (KNBSZ) – Military National Security Service

Academic network:

Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem / University of Public Service /Ludovika – Institute of National Security

The Italian intelligence community is composed of:

• Dipartimento delle informazioni per la sicurezza (DIS), Security intelligence department
• Agenzia informazioni e sicurezza esterna (AISE), External intelligence and security agency
• Agenzia informazioni e sicurezza interna (AISI), Internal intelligence and security agency

Academic Network:

• Bocconi University
• Polytechnic University of Milan
• Free International University of Social Studies “Guido Carli” – LUISS
• University of Florence

The Latvian intelligence community is composed of:

• Satversmes aizsardzības birojs (SAB), Constitution Protection Bureau
• Militārās izlūkošanas un drošības dienests (MIDD), Defence Intelligence and Security Service
• Valsts drošības dienests (VDD), State Security Service

The Lithuanian intelligence community is composed of:

• Valstybės saugumo departamentas (VSD), civilian intelligence and security agency
• Antrasis operatyvinių tarnybų departamentas (AOTD), military intelligence agency

Academic Network:

• Vilnius University – Institute of International Relations and Political Science

The Maltese intelligence community is composed of:

• Malta Security Service

The Dutch intelligence community is composed of:

• Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD), general intelligence and security service
• Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (MIVD), military intelligence and security service

Academic Network

• Netherlands Defence Academy – NLDA

The Norwegian intelligence and security community is composed of:

• Etterretningstjenesten, Norwegian Intelligence Service
• Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste, Norwegian Police Security Service
• Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet, Norwegian National Security Authority

Academic Network:

• Centre for Intelligence Studies (Norwegian Intelligence School)

The Portuguese intelligence community is composed of:

• Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa (SIRP), the Portuguese Intelligence System
• Serviço de Informações Estratégicas de Defesa (SIED), strategic defence information service, for foreign intelligence
• Serviço de Informações de Segurança (SIS), security information service, for domestic intelligence

The Romanian intelligence community is composed of:

• Ministerul Afacerilor Interne, Ministry of Interior Affairs
• Ministerul Apărării Naționale, Ministry of National Defence
• Serviciul Român de Informații (SRI), intelligence service
• Serviciul de Informații Externe (SIE), foreign intelligence service
• Comunitatea Natională de Informații, National Intelligence Community, office in charge of integrating intelligence from services

Academic Network:

• Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy

The Slovenian intelligence community is composed of:

• Obveščevalno varnostna služba (OVS), military intelligence service
• Slovenska obveščevalno-varnostna agencija (SOVA), civilian intelligence agency

The Spanish intelligence community is composed of:

• Centro Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI), foreign and domestic intelligence service
• Centro de Inteligencia de las Fuerzas Armadas (CIFAS), military intelligence service

Academic Network:

• Complutense University of Madrid – UCM
• National Distance Education University – UNED
• Rey Juan Carlos University – URJC
• Charles III University of Madrid
• University of Salamanca
• University of Valencia
• University of Granada
• University of Cádiz
• University of Castilla la Mancha

The Swedish intelligence community is composed of:

• Militära underrättelse-och säkerhetstjänsten (MUST), Military Intelligence and Security Service
• Försvarests radioanstalt (FRA), National Defence Radio Establishment
• Säkerhetspolisen (Säpo), Security Service

The British intelligence community is composed of:

• Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), foreign intelligence service
• Security Service (MI5), homeland security service
• Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), signals intelligence service
• Defence Intelligence, military intelligence service
• Joint Intelligence Committee

Academic Network:

• King’s College – London