state security agency
C3363
concept
A state security agency is a government organization responsible for protecting national security through intelligence gathering, counterintelligence, and enforcement activities aimed at preventing internal and external threats.
All labels observed (37)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| secret police agency | 21 |
| secret police organization | 19 |
| state security service | 13 |
| state security agency canonical | 8 |
| state security apparatus | 8 |
| counterintelligence agency | 7 |
| internal security agency | 4 |
| national security apparatus | 4 |
| state security organ | 4 |
| Soviet state security agency | 3 |
| federal security agency | 3 |
| national security organization | 3 |
| state security organization | 3 |
| civilian intelligence agency | 2 |
| communications security agency | 2 |
| cyber security agency | 2 |
| советский орган государственной безопасности | 2 |
| NSA organization | 1 |
| Polish state security agency | 1 |
| Polish state security service | 1 |
| government intelligence agency | 1 |
| governmental intelligence agency | 1 |
| national security agency | 1 |
| occupation security apparatus | 1 |
| organ bezpieczeństwa wewnętrznego | 1 |
| secret police system | 1 |
| secret police-related organization | 1 |
| security service of a socialist state | 1 |
| staatlicher Sicherheitsapparat | 1 |
| state security body | 1 |
| state security forces | 1 |
| state security institution | 1 |
| state security ministry | 1 |
| state-owned security organization | 1 |
| służba bezpieczeństwa | 1 |
| орган государственной безопасности | 1 |
| советский государственный орган безопасности | 1 |
Instances (113)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Intelligence and Security Service of the Ministry of Defence of Slovenia | counterintelligence agency |
| Yugoslav secret police | state security service |
| Tal Shiar | secret police organization |
| Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation | national security organization |
|
UB (Polish secret police)
surface form:
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
|
secret police agency |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR | state security body |
| Military Counterintelligence Service of Poland | counterintelligence agency |
| Yugoslav UDBA | secret police agency |
| Yemeni government security forces | state security forces |
| Okhrana | secret police organization |
| Eastern Bloc security forces | state security apparatus |
| NKVD | Soviet state security agency |
| Vietnam People's Public Security | internal security agency |
| OSII | governmental intelligence agency |
| Syrian security and intelligence apparatus | state security apparatus |
| Reich Main Security Office | government intelligence agency |
| ÁVH | secret police agency |
| Soviet MGB | — |
| Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities | secret police agency |
| New Zealand Combined Signals Organisation | communications security agency |
| Military Intelligence Service of Cuba | secret police organization |
| Ministry of State Security of North Korea | secret police organization |
| Министерство государственной безопасности СССР | орган государственной безопасности |
| Sudanese security services | state security apparatus |
| Народный комиссариат государственной безопасности | советский государственный орган безопасности |
| Qatar Internal Security Force | internal security agency |
| KGB 16th Directorate | communications security agency |
| MININT | — |
| Cuban State Security | state security service |
|
Government Protection Bureau (historically)
surface form:
Government Protection Bureau
|
Polish state security service |
| Milicja Obywatelska | security service of a socialist state |
| Gestapo | — |
| British intelligence | national security apparatus |
| Soviet state security organs | — |
| Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-‘Amma | secret police organization |
| Counterintelligence Corps | counterintelligence agency |
| Irish Free State police forces | state security apparatus |
| SB | secret police agency |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People's Republic | state security organ |
| Lao People’s Public Security | internal security agency |
| Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China | secret police agency |
|
Hungarian ÁVH secret police
surface form:
Államvédelmi Hatóság
|
secret police organization |
| VChK | state security organization |
| Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия по борьбе с контрреволюцией и саботажем | советский орган государственной безопасности |
| Extraordinary Commission | secret police organization |
| Security Office | secret police agency |
|
Ministry of Public Security
surface form:
Ministry of Public Security (Poland)
|
secret police agency |
|
NKWD
surface form:
NKVD
|
Soviet state security agency |
| Komitet do spraw Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego | Polish state security agency |
| Australian Signals Directorate | cyber security agency |