8.11.2023 | The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) has secured EUR 2.8 million in funding for its Intelligence Analysis and Research Tools (INTER) project from the EU Internal Security Fund (ISF).

Facility security clearance vetting assesses the reliability of responsible individuals in the enterprise, its level of data security, and its ability to discharge its commitments.

China is striving to shape the world order to serve its own interests through cooperating with Russia, building international alliances with the Global South and attempting to harness international structures to support its own goals.

Economic security is an integral part of Finland’s national security. Digitisation of the economy has diversified threats to national security.

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

Supo operations are subject to data protection legislation The main general statute governing the processing of personal data in the work of Supo is the Act on the Processing of Personal Data in Criminal Matters and in Connection with Maintaining ...

Retaining critical data in cloud services creates risks to data availability and information security. Finnish society is increasingly dependent on data centres located in other parts of the world.

National Security Overview 2026 Previous publications → The year at SUPO The new headquarters completed for SUPO is the most secure building in Finland In 2025, the everyday operations of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service were characte...

Businesses may request security clearance vetting of itself mainly for international operations.

News and press releases RSS (Opens New Window) (Opens New Window) Joint operation by authorities curbs Russian cyber espionage Type: Press release Publication date: 8.4.2026 9.46 Russian superpower ambitions will remain also after the war Type: Pr...

27.2.2026 | National Security Overview 2025 THE GLOBAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT AND FINLAND ESPIONAGE AND INFLUENCING TERRORISM THE YEAR AT SUPO 2 A grim security situation has given intelligence a key role in foreign and security policy 6 China strengthens its p...

27.2.2026 | National Security Overview 2021 NATIONAL SECURITY OVERVIEW 2021 Summary of the overview Intelligence and influencing operations targeting Finland Intelligence services seek to use embedded human intelligence sources to obtain reliable and forward-...

15.9.2025 | The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) has relocated to new premises in the Kaartinkaupunki district of Helsinki. Fully customised for security and intelligence service operations, this is the most secure building in Finland.

30.5.2023 | TURVALLISESTI MATKALLA Trade and research collaboration in a secure manner The war of aggression in Ukraine and the ensuing tighter export restrictions have caused a lack of different materials and components in Russia. Russia tries to fill these ...

25.3.2024 | YEARBOOK 2023 2 3 Y E A R B O O K 2 0 23 Y E A R B O O K 20 23 4 Intelligence is a global growth industry 6 Russia is increasingly dependent on China, but what does this mean for Finland’s national security? 8 Finland must learn to live with activ...

8.3.2022 | YEAR BOOK Y EA R B O O K 20 20 2 3 4-5 People need unique information in an uncertain world 6-7 After the caliphate – future trends in radical Islamist terrorism 8-9 Extreme right-wing terrorism is a substantial threat in Western countries 10-11 T...

26.3.2024 | Yearbook 2 3 SU PO 4-5 Finland’s national security is characterised by a war in Europe 6-9 What’s next? Supo foresees alternative scenarios on the effects of the Russian war of aggression 10-11 Russia seeks to evade export restrictions in many way...

14.10.2020 | 2019 Y E A R B O O K 2 01 9 02 4-5 Intelligence legislation provides a firm foundation for the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service to safeguard the democratic order in Finland. 8-9 ISIL continues to pose a threat in the West. PHOTOS: AKSELI ...

28.10.2020 | National Security Overview 2020 FINNISH SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICE – NATIONAL SECURITY OVERVIEW 2020 Intelligence Activities Targeting Finland and Finns Phenomena falling within the field of competence of the Finnish Security and Intelligen...

29.3.2022 | Yearbook 2021 Y EA R B O O K 2021 2 3 4-5 High-quality intelligence is essential for foreign and security policymaking 6-7 The aim of refugee espionage is to control and silence 8-9 Managing data from critical functions is part of future security ...