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.

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.

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.

Large language models (LLMs) have revolutionised the world in many ways. Furthermore, the development of AI provides unfriendly state actors with tools for new and more effective influencing operations.

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).

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.

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

Cyber espionage operations are often named with the abbreviation APT, together with a number combination.

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

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

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

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

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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.

Details of security clearance vetting subjects have been recorded in the security clearance register since 2015. Supo is the controller of the security clearance register.

In recent years, Finnish start-ups have been targeted by numerous successful cyber espionage operations. When innovations leak to Russia or China, the company loses the foundation of its future – and, at the same time, Finland’s national interests are affected. Security awareness can be turned into a competitive advantage.

The supo.fi website is the main information channel of Supo – the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. It seeks to inform the public about the work of Supo and about dangers to national security.

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).

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