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.
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
The essence of the rule of law is that all people and institutions within a Body politic, political body are subject to the same laws. This concept is sometimes stated simply as "no one is above the law" or "all are equal before the law". Acco ...
as constitutionally established.
See also
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List of intelligence agencies
This is a list of intelligence agencies by country. It includes only currently operational institutions which are in the public domain. The list is not intended to be exhaustive.
An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the ...
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Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa
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PIDE
The International and State Defense Police (; PIDE) was a Portuguese security agency that existed during the '' Estado Novo'' regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. Formally, the main roles of the PIDE were the border, immigration and emigrati ...
References
External links
Official Website
Portuguese intelligence agencies
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