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

The security clearance procedure seeks to prevent activities that endanger national security or significant private economic interests and business security. Supo conducts both personnel and facility security clearances.

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.

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

About 570 staff members work at Supo. Average age of personnel is 43,1 years.

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

National Security Overview 2026 Previous publications → The year at SUPO People conducting security clearance vetting encounter Finns face-to-face For many Finns, security clearance vetting investigation is the closest contact they ever have with ...

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.

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

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...

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...

15.12.2025 | Russia and China will not shy away from using any means available in the competition for innovations of even Finnish companies in current key technologies and future disruptive technologies.

24.10.2023 | 1 | 22 The completed form contains personal data which shall be handled according to data protection legislation. SUPO FINNISH SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICE Foreign interests Name Identity number (or if there is none, date of birth) It is poss...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

14.10.2020 | PAGE 4 PAGE 46 PAGE 28 PAGE 22 A S E C U R E W AY T O T H E F U T U R E CONTENT 4 A Secure Way to the Future 6 Supo’s special mission 8 Supo to play a greater role in combating national security threats 10 Persistent surveillance can be enough to ...