Security Service or security service may refer to:
Government
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Security agency
A security agency is a governmental organization that conducts intelligence activities for the internal security of a state. They are the domestic cousins of foreign intelligence agencies, and typically conduct counterintelligence to thwart other ...
, a nation's institution for intelligence gathering
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List of security agencies (MI5, NSA, KGB, etc.)
* (SD), Nazi German agency which translates as "Security Service"
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MI5
MI5 ( Military Intelligence, Section 5), officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Gov ...
, also called the ''Security Service'', the United Kingdom's counter-intelligence and security agency
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U.S. Air Force Security Service, a former designation of the US Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency
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RCMP Security Service, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's political intelligence branch
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Swedish Security Service
The Swedish Security Service ( , SÄPO , , formerly , RPS/Säk, until 1989) is a Sweden, Swedish Government agencies in Sweden, government agency organized under the Ministry of Justice (Sweden), Ministry of Justice. It operates as a security ...
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Secret service
A secret service is a government agency, intelligence agency, or the activities of a government agency, concerned with the gathering of intelligence data. The tasks and powers of a secret service can vary greatly from one country to another. For i ...
, a government agency concerned with gathering intelligence data
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Secret police
image:Putin-Stasi-Ausweis.png, 300px, Vladimir Putin's secret police identity card, issued by the East German Stasi while he was working as a Soviet KGB liaison officer from 1985 to 1989. Both organizations used similar forms of repression.
Secre ...
, a police agency beyond the law to protect the political power of a dictator or regime
Other
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Security service (telecommunication)
Security service is a service, provided by a layer of communicating open systems, which ensures adequate security of the systems or of data transfers as defined by ITU-T X.800 Recommendation.
X.800 and ISO 7498-2 (Information processing systems †...
, security architecture for the interconnection of open systems
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Security and Intelligence Services (India)
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Private security company
A private security company is a business entity which provides armed or unarmed security services and expertise to clients in the private or public sectors.
Overview
Private security companies are defined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisti ...
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Private military company
See also
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Security Intelligence Service (disambiguation)
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National Security Service (disambiguation)
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National Intelligence and Security Service (disambiguation) The National Intelligence and Security Service is in Ethiopia.
National Intelligence and Security Service may also refer to:
* The National Intelligence and Security Service (Rwanda), created in 1994
* General Intelligence Service (Sudan), which ...
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