Serviço de Informações de Segurança explained

Agency Name:Security Information Service
Nativename:Serviço de Informações de Segurança
Type:State Security Agency & Intelligence Agency (Internal and External Operations)
Formed:1984
Headquarters:Lisbon
Minister1 Name:Luís Montenegro
Minister1 Pfo:Prime Minister
Chief1 Name:Adélio Neiva da Cruz
Chief1 Position:Director of the SIS
Agency Type:Intelligence service
Parent Agency:Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa (SIRP)
Website:www.sis.pt

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]

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]

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  1. Web site: História SIS. www.sis.pt. 15 January 2013. pt.
  2. Web site: Missão SIS. www.sis.pt. 15 January 2013. pt.