27.5.2026 | The three-year INTER project has ended at the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO). The project developed a desktop application for researchers and analysts, which makes it possible to combine, classify and analyse data in different formats by applying artificial intelligence.

The purpose of the description to implement document publicity is to guide people to better specify their requests for Supo documents.

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.

Supo participates in the debate on social media. Accounts are managed by the SUPO communications team.

Intelligence is unique information managed by Supo in serving top-level national government. Only Supo may apply civilian intelligence gathering methods in Finland. Civilian intelligence operations only target phenomena that seriously jeopardise national security.

Security clearance vetting always assesses a person’s situation individually. Essential aspects include the type of duties for which the investigation is performed.

Strategy of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service

The guiding values of Supo activities are legality, reliability and quality. The work of Supo relies solely on statutory powers.

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Intelligence is unique information managed by Supo in serving top-level national government. Civilian intelligence operations only target phenomena that seriously jeopardise national security.

Only Supo may apply civilian intelligence gathering methods in Finland on phenomena jeopardising national security. The use of intelligence gathering methods is strictly governed by law.

Intelligence gathering operations are a core function of Supo. The function of Supo is to supply relevant and proactive information on phenomena that jeopardise national security.

The regulatory control measures of Supo seek to ensure that technology or expertise related to WMD are not forwarded from Finland or through Finland. Work to oppose WMD is done in Finland in partnership with several authorities.

It pays off to plan travel safety issues in advance. To help you with planning, Supo has prepared guidelines for travel safety.

In the 20th century, nations fought over oil resources, whereas in the 21st century, the competition has shifted to critical raw materials needed for the energy storages of the data systems running the digital society and the increasingly electrified society. China has acquired a central role in the supply chain and has now demonstrated its readiness to use it against the West.

Cyber espionage is a potent and inexpensive way to access a significant volume of information that is intended to be confidential. State-sponsored cyber espionage operations also exploit the network devices of Finnish individuals and companies in their operations.

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

Suojelupoliisi has grown from a small and subdued agency into an international security and intelligence service with a staff of over five hundred people. Supo turned 75 in 2024.

The scope of security clearance vetting depends on the duties of a job. Sometimes security clearance vetting also involves investigating foreign interests.

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.