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

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.

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.

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

As predecessor agencies of Supo, EK and Valpo reflected the values and practices of the political and social situation prevailing at the time.

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...

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.

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Counterintelligence defends Finland against the espionage and influence operations of foreign powers. This is one of the key functions of Supo.

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

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.

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.

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

13.4.2022 | On 27 April, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO) and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) are jointly organising the FIIA Forum 2022: Changes and challenges in the Nordic security climate. The seminar addresses the profound changes taking place in the Nordic security climate. You can follow the seminar live online.

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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-...

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 2022 NATIONAL SECURITY OVERVIEW 2022 Foreign intelligence and influence operations Foreign intelligence services seek to obtain reliable and predictive informa- tion about Finland and its people that is not otherwise ava...

29.8.2025 | Over the past year, the cyber security threat level in Finland has remained elevated. The threat level increased in 2022 after Russia launched its large-scale attack against Ukraine.

26.3.2024 | The threat of Russian intelligence and malign influence activities has remained elevated despite deteriorating conditions for human intelligence operations. No significant changes have occurred in the threat of terrorism faced by Finland.