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

When conducting facility security clearance vetting, Supo examines the reliability of responsible individuals in the enterprise, its ability to discharge its commitments, and its security arrangements.

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

Security clearance vetting seeks to prevent information of importance to Finland’s security from falling into the wrong hands. Security clearance vetting is only conducted for functions specified by law.

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

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.

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

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.

Privacy notice according to section 22 of the Act on the Processing of Personal Data in Criminal Matters and in Connection with Maintaining National Security (1054/2018).

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...

24.10.2023 | 1 | 6 The completed form contains personal data which shall be handled according to data protection legislation. Request for personnel security clearance Security Clearance Act (726/2014) 1.1 The level of the security clearance Concise Standard St...

1.2.2022 | 1 Security clearance vetting FINNISH SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICE 2 3 Why are security clearance vettings done? Security clearance vetting seeks to safeguard the security of Finland. Personnel security clearance vetting examines the backgroun...

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 ...

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 ...