The Office of the National Security Council ( hr, Ured Vijeća za nacionalnu sigurnost, UVNS) is the body of the
Croatian security and intelligence system The core of the security and intelligence system of the Republic of Croatia consists of two security and intelligence agencies:
*Security and Intelligence Agency ( Croatian: ''Sigurnosno-obavještajna agencija'' or SOA), and
*Military Security and I ...
which provides support in the field of
national security for major state institutions. The UVNS was founded in 2002.
Role
The UVNS was founded for the purpose of performing expert and administrative operations for the
National Security Council and the Council for Coordination of Security and Intelligence Agencies.
UVNS controls the legality, effectiveness and usefulness of work of intelligence agencies. Expert oversight of the work of the security and intelligence agencies and OTC is one of the key functions of UVNS.
UVNS is the Croatian National Security Authority (NSA), which coordinates, harmonizes the adoption and controls the implementation of
information security
Information security, sometimes shortened to InfoSec, is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorize ...
measures in the
Republic of Croatia.
On October 21, 2012, Petar Mišević was removed as the head of the Office following a phone-tapping scandal.
On 30 October 2012, Ivica Panenić was appointed as director of the Office of the National Security Council.
Milanović i Josipović odlučili: Ivica Panenić novi je predstojnik Ureda Vijeća za nacionalnu sigurnost
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See also
* Croatian security and intelligence system The core of the security and intelligence system of the Republic of Croatia consists of two security and intelligence agencies:
*Security and Intelligence Agency ( Croatian: ''Sigurnosno-obavještajna agencija'' or SOA), and
*Military Security and I ...
* National Security Council (Croatia)
References
External links
Office of the National Security Council
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Croatian intelligence agencies
2002 establishments in Croatia