List of counterintelligence organizations

Counterintelligence organizations and agencies attempt to prevent foreign intelligence organizations from successfully gathering and collecting intelligence against the governments they serve.

Active counterintelligence organizations
Currently active counterintelligence organizations include the following. For former agencies, see the separate list below.


 * Australia
 * Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
 * Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS)
 * Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO)


 * Bangladesh
 * National Security Intelligence (NSI)
 * Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI)


 * Belarus
 * State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus


 * Belgium
 * General Intelligence and Security Service (GISS)
 * Veiligheid van de Staat - Sûreté de l'Etat (VSSE)


 * Brazil
 * Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (ABIN)
 * Gabinete de Segurança Institucional da Presidência da República (GSI)


 * Brunei
 * Jabatan Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (JKDN)


 * Cambodia
 * Cambodian National Police Central Security Department (CSD)
 * Military Intelligence Department (MID)


 * Canada
 * Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
 * Canadian Forces National Counter-Intelligence Unit (CFNCIU),operated by the Canadian Forces Military Police Group


 * Croatia
 * Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA)
 * Military Security and Intelligence Agency (VSOA)


 * Czech Republic
 * Bezpečnostní informační služba (BIS) &mdash; Security Information Service


 * Denmark
 * Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET)


 * Estonia
 * Estonian Internal Security Service (KaPo)


 * Finland
 * Finnish Security Intelligence Service (SuPo)


 * France
 * Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE)
 * Directorate-General for Internal Security (DGSI)
 * Directorate of Military Intelligence (DRM)
 * DRSD


 * Germany
 * Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)
 * Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND)
 * Militärischer Abschirmdienst (MAD)


 * Greece
 * Elliniki Astynomia Dieufthinsi Esoterikon Hypotheseon (DEH)
 * Hellenic National Intelligence Service (NIS-EYP) Sub-Directorate for International Terrorism and Organized Crime


 * Hungary
 * Constitution Protection Office (Hungary) (NBH)


 * Iceland
 * Greiningardeild Ríkislögreglustjóra - National Security Unit


 * India
 * Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
 * Directorate of Air Intelligence (A.I.)
 * Directorate of Military Intelligence (M.I.)
 * Directorate of Naval Intelligence (N.I.)
 * Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
 * Intelligence Bureau (IB)
 * Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)


 * Indonesia
 * Badan Intelijen Negara (BIN)
 * Badan Intelijen Strategis Tentara Nasional Indonesia (BAIS TNI)
 * Kejaksaan Agung Republik Indonesia (KARI)
 * Pusat Intelijen TNI Angkatan Darat abbreviated (Pusintelad)


 * Iran
 * Farmândehiye Entezâmiye Jomhuriye Eslâmiye Irân (Faraja)
 * Oghab 2
 * Parallel Intelligence Organization (PIO)
 * Rêxistina Dijî Îstîxbarata Pasdaran (RDIP)
 * Rêxistina Kontraîstixbarata Arteş (RKA)
 * Vezarat-e Ettela'at Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran (VAJA)
 * SAHEFAJA


 * Ireland
 * Crime and Security Branch (CSB)
 * G2


 * Israel
 * Aman
 * Mossad
 * Shin Bet (official name is Shabak)


 * Italy
 * Department of Information for Security (DIS)
 * External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE)
 * Joint Intelligence Centre (CII)


 * Japan
 * Air Intelligence Wing (AIW) (作戦情報隊)
 * Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO)
 * Defense Intelligence Headquarters (DIH)
 * Fleet Intelligence Command (FIC)
 * JSDF Intelligence Security Command (JISC) (自衛隊情報保全隊)
 * Military Intelligence Command (MIC)
 * Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department (FAID)
 * Public Security Bureau (PSB)
 * Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA)
 * Security and Intelligence Division (SID) (警備情報課)


 * Kenya
 * National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS)


 * Lebanon
 * Special Agency to Combat Terrorism


 * Malaysia
 * Cawangan Khas (CK)
 * Bahagian Penyelidikan Jabatan Perdana Menteri (BPJPM)
 * Kor Risik Diraja (KRD)
 * Pertubuhan Perisikan Pertahanan Malaysia (PPPM)


 * Myanmar
 * Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI)
 * Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA)


 * Netherlands
 * Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) &mdash; General Intelligence and Security Service
 * Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (MIVD) &mdash; Military Intelligence and Security Service


 * New Zealand
 * Directorate of Defence Intelligence and Security (DDIS)
 * New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS)
 * Threat Assessment Unit (TAU)


 * North Korea
 * Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB)


 * Pakistan
 * Directorate General Air Intelligence (AI)
 * Directorate-General for the Naval Intelligence (NI)
 * Intelligence Bureau (IB)
 * Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
 * Pakistan Army Corps of Military Intelligence (MI)


 * Philippines
 * 300th Air Intelligence and Security Wing (300th AISW)
 * Army Intelligence Regiment (AIR)
 * Counter Intelligence Command, Armed Forces of the Philippine (CIC)
 * Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG)
 * National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA)
 * Naval Intelligence and Security Force (NISF)
 * Presidential Intelligence Company (PIC)


 * Poland
 * Internal Security Agency (ABW)
 * Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW)


 * Portugal
 * Military Security and Informations Center (CISMIL)
 * Informations System of the Portuguese Republic (SIRP)


 * Romania
 * Serviciul Român de Informaţii (SRI)
 * Directorate for Military Security


 * Russian Federation
 * Federal Security Service (FSB)
 * Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)
 * Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU)


 * Serbia
 * Bezbednosno-informativna agencija (BIA)
 * Vojnobezbednosna agencija (VBA), Military Security Agency (successor of Yugoslav Kontraobaveštajna služba)


 * Sweden
 * Militära underrättelse- och säkerhetstjänsten (MUST) &mdash; Military Intelligence and Security Service
 * Säkerhetspolisen (SÄPO) &mdash; Swedish Security Service


 * Switzerland
 * Fedpol
 * Federal Intelligence Service (FIS)
 * Militärischer Nachrichtendienst (MND)


 * Slovakia
 * Národný bezpečnostný úrad (NBÚ) &mdash; National Security Bureau


 * South Africa
 * Defence Intelligence Division (DID)
 * National Intelligence Agency (NIA)
 * State Security Agency (SSA)
 * South African Secret Service (SASS)


 * South Korea
 * Defense Counterintelligence Command (DCC)
 * Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
 * Naval Intelligence Group (NIG)
 * National Intelligence Service (NIS)
 * National Police Agency Intelligence Bureau (IB)


 * Thailand
 * Armed Forces Security Center (AFSC)
 * Army Military Intelligence Command (AMIC)
 * Directorate of Intelligence, Royal Thai Air Force (INTELLRTAF)
 * Directorate of Joint Intelligence (DJI)
 * Internal Security Affairs Bureau (ISAB)
 * Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC)
 * National Intelligence Agency (NIA)
 * Naval Intelligence Department (NID)
 * Royal Thai Police Special Branch Bureau (SBB)


 * Turkey
 * Donanma İstihbarat Dairesi (DİD)
 * Hava Kuvvetleri İstihbarat Dairesi (HKİD)
 * Higher Counterterrorism Council
 * Jandarma İstihbarat Müdürlüğü (JİM)
 * Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT)
 * Ordu İstihbarat Dairesi (OİD)


 * Ukraine
 * Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (SZRU)
 * HUR MO
 * Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)


 * United Kingdom
 * Counter Intelligence Operations Squadron (CIOS)
 * Defence Intelligence (DI)
 * Security Service, commonly known as MI5
 * National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit (NDEDIU)


 * United States
 * FBI Counterintelligence Division (FBI)
 * United States Army Counterintelligence (ACI)
 * Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
 * DIA's Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Center (DCHC)
 * Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), U.S. Department of State (DS/ICI/CI)
 * Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS, formerly NIS)
 * United States Marine Corps Counterintelligence
 * Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX)
 * Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
 * National Security Agency (NSA)


 * Vietnam
 * General Department of Defence Intelligence (GDDI)

Defunct counterintelligence organizations
These organizations are now defunct, possibly absorbed by a successor organization:


 * Ireland
 * Army Intelligence Department
 * Criminal Investigation Department (CID)


 * Nazi Germany
 * Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo)
 * Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP) (Secret Field Police) (1939-1945)
 * Sicherheitsdienst &mdash; Security Service of the SS, particularly the "inland SS" branch
 * Abwehr (military intelligence)


 * Empire of Japan
 * Kenpeitai - Army military police
 * Tokubetsu Keisatsutai - Navy military police
 * Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu (特別高等警察, Special Higher Police) - civil police


 * Poland
 * Wojskowe Służby Informacyjne (WSI) &mdash; dissolved in 2006 for having been involved in illegal activities


 * Yugoslavia
 * Kontraobaveštajna služba (KOS), Army Counter-Intelligence Service
 * Uprava Državne Bezbednosti (UDBA), State Security Directorate


 * Soviet Union and Imperial Russia
 * Committee for State Security (KGB) &mdash; previously MGB, NKVD, OGPU, Cheka, and, during imperial times, Okhrana
 * SMERSH


 * South Korea
 * Defense Security Command— dissolved in 2018


 * Ukraine
 * Kontrrazvedka, Makhnovist counterintelligence agency


 * United Kingdom
 * 14 Intelligence Company &mdash; also known as "the Det"


 * United States
 * Army Counter Intelligence Corps
 * Counterintelligence Field Activity