The Serviço de Informações de Segurança or SIS (Portuguese for: Security Information Service) is the Portuguese security agency and intelligence agency founded in 1984 that specialized in clandestine and covert operation, counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cybersecurity, HUMINT, intelligence assessment, and SIGINT.[1]
| Serviço de Informações de Segurança | |
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| State Security Agency & Intelligence Agency (Internal and External Operations) overview | |
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| Formed | 1984 |
| Type | Intelligence service |
| Jurisdiction |  Portugal |
| Headquarters | Lisbon |
| Minister responsible | |
| State Security Agency & Intelligence Agency (Internal and External Operations) executive |
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| Parent State Security Agency & Intelligence Agency (Internal and External Operations) | Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa (SIRP) |
| Website | www.sis.pt |
The function of SIS is to guarantee the internal security and prevent assassination of a high-ranking official, cyber attacks, espionage, insurgency, sabotage, terrorism, and the practice of acts which, by their nature, can change or destroy the Rule of Law as constitutionally established.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "História SIS". www.sis.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Missão SIS". www.sis.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 January 2013.
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