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The Secret Intelligence Service, often known as MI6, collects Britain’s foreign intelligence. It provides the government with a global covert capability to promote and defend the national security and economic well-being of the country. SIS works with the Foreign, Commonwealth...
We assemble and analyse diverse sources of information into meaningful assessments to provide insight and foresight for national security decision making Intelligence Analysis is part of the Civil Service .
The National Security Secretariat coordinates security and intelligence issues of strategic importance across government and supports the National Security Adviser and National Security Council. The Joint Intelligence Organisation produces independent all-source assessments on issues of national security and foreign policy...
New unified organisation to speed up how Defence gathers and shares intelligence.
Military Intelligence Services (MIS) brings together Defence’s expert intelligence capabilities under a single enterprise, as directed by the Strategic Defence Review.
Development of a standard approach for AI and autonomy in networked multi-sensor systems in security and defence.
The Office for Artificial Intelligence is now part of the AI Policy Directorate in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Content from the Office can be found on DSIT’s GOV.UK pages.
The Intelligence Services Commissioner (ISC) provides independent judicial oversight of the conduct of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Security Service (MI5), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
The SIA's past reports on its contributions to the government’s business impact target (BIT). The BIT was abolished in June 2023.
Outgoing Chief of MI6, Sir Richard Moore, announces new platform - Silent Courier - will make it easier for MI6 to recruit agents online
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