KGB 16th Directorate

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communications security agency signals intelligence agency

KGB 16th Directorate was the Soviet-era signals intelligence and communications security branch of the KGB responsible for intercepting, decoding, and protecting state communications.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
KGB 16th Directorate canonical	2
K Directorate	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communications security agency ⓘ signals intelligence agency ⓘ
cooperatedWith	GRU ⓘ Soviet Armed Forces communications units ⓘ Eastern Bloc security forces ⓘ surface form: Warsaw Pact intelligence services
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolvedWith	dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
field	communications security ⓘ cryptography ⓘ electronic intelligence ⓘ signals intelligence ⓘ telecommunications security ⓘ
notableFor	centralization of Soviet SIGINT and COMSEC functions ⓘ development of Soviet secure communication standards ⓘ large-scale monitoring of international telephone and telegraph traffic ⓘ
objective	ensure confidentiality of Soviet leadership communications ⓘ exploit foreign communications for intelligence ⓘ prevent foreign interception of Soviet communications ⓘ
operatedIn	Eastern Bloc ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf	Committee for State Security ⓘ KGB ⓘ
role	cipher systems management ⓘ countermeasures against foreign SIGINT ⓘ decryption of foreign communications ⓘ development of secure communication systems ⓘ encryption key management ⓘ interception of communications ⓘ monitoring international telecommunications traffic ⓘ protection of Soviet state communications ⓘ protection of government communications networks ⓘ radio interception ⓘ satellite communications interception ⓘ support to Soviet military communications security ⓘ technical support for KGB operations ⓘ technical surveillance ⓘ
successor	FSB communications and SIGINT structures ⓘ Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information of Russia ⓘ
supervisedBy	KGB counterintelligence directorates ⓘ surface form: KGB leadership
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ
usedTechnology	cipher machines ⓘ radio interception equipment ⓘ satellite communications equipment ⓘ secure telegraph systems ⓘ secure telephone systems ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information → precededBy → KGB 16th Directorate ⓘ

Sydney Bristow → enemy → KGB 16th Directorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: K Directorate

FAPSI → predecessor → KGB 16th Directorate ⓘ