Commissioning security clearance vetting involves responsibilities that an organisation must consider. Please note the following points when your organisation requests security clearance vetting.

Skyddspolisen leds av en chef med biträdande chef som stöd. Skyddspolisens organisation består av sju avdelningar.

Supo is headed by a Director supported by a Deputy Director. The Service has seven departments.

Skyddspolisen kan göra säkerhetsutredningar av personer endast för de företag som den godkänt för att omfattas av förfarandet med säkerhetsutredningar.

Supo may only conduct personnel security clearance vetting for businesses that it has approved for the security clearance vetting procedure.

Supo continually updates its list of individuals who are counter-terrorism targets. The targeted individuals vary widely.

2.1.2024 | Skyddspolisens organisationsändring trädde i kraft 1.1.2024. Målet är att den något modifierade organisationen ännu bättre ska stöda inhämtning av information och Skyddspolisens verksamhet som underrättelsetjänst. Biträdande chef Teemu Turunen har förordnats till Skyddspolisens tf. chef.

Over the past year, several sudden and significant changes have taken place in the Middle East. With a view to the future, particularly interesting developments include the permanence of the ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, Iran’s growing unpredictability, the internal instability of Syria and the Gulf countries’ desire to stabilise the Middle East.

Russia and China continue to actively engage in intelligence and influencing activities against Finland.

ISIL and al-Qaeda are still seeking to mount attacks in Europe. Lone operators with no ties to any specific organisation pose a significant threat.

Russia and China continue to actively engage in intelligence and influencing activities against Finland.

The threat level of terrorism in Finland stands at level three, elevated, on a five-point scale. The national terrorism situation is strongly linked to international trends. Terrorist attacks in Western countries are also likely to inspire such incidents in Finland.

The threat level of terrorism in Finland stands at level three, elevated, on a five-point scale. The national terrorism situation is strongly linked to international trends. Terrorist attacks in Western countries are also likely to inspire such incidents in Finland.

Supo applies intelligence methods to combat terrorism, seeking to detect terrorist activities and related phenomena at the earliest possible stage.

Supo only performs security clearance vettings when there are statutory grounds for doing so.

In the following scenarios, experts from the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service examine how technological development, societal polarisation and new generations will affect the development of terrorist activity until 2030. Radical Islamist and far-right terrorism constitute the greatest threat of terrorism in Finland and Europe.

Several far-right terrorist attacks have occurred or been foiled in the West in recent years. These attacks were motivated by ethnic and racial nationalist thinking.

Supo in figures in 2025 Personnel 571 employees. 43.1 years average age. International correspondence 20 000 international messages sent and received. Economy In 2025, SUPO asked the key persons of their stakeholder groups how the Finnish Security...

Policymaking and businesses that develop high-tech products are targets of foreign espionage.

The rise in far-right movements has also been reflected in Finland. The Internet plays a role in growing radicalisation.