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The National Security Secretariat (NSS) is one of the ‘seven Agencies and Departments which form the UK Intelligence Community’.<ref>Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament [https://web.archive.org/web/20200311054459/https://isc.independent.gov.uk/how-the-committee-works/ How the Committee works]. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 March 2020.</ref><ref>Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament [https://web.archive.org/web/20220615102031/https://isc.independent.gov.uk/how-the-committee-works/ How the Committee works]. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 15 June 2022.</ref>  
 
The National Security Secretariat (NSS) is one of the ‘seven Agencies and Departments which form the UK Intelligence Community’.<ref>Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament [https://web.archive.org/web/20200311054459/https://isc.independent.gov.uk/how-the-committee-works/ How the Committee works]. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 March 2020.</ref><ref>Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament [https://web.archive.org/web/20220615102031/https://isc.independent.gov.uk/how-the-committee-works/ How the Committee works]. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 15 June 2022.</ref>  
  
It supports 'the [[National Security Council (UK)]] (NSC) and the Prime Minister across all national security and international policy issues'. <ref name="jobad">Cabinet Office [https://web.archive.org/web/20220913085301/https://cabinetofficejobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-2/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/16/opp/4597-4597-B1-EO-Executive-Support-Officer-National-Security-Secretariat/en-GB 4597 - B1 (EO) Executive Support Officer, National Security Secretariat]. Closing date 5 January 2020. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 13 September 2022.</ref>
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It supports 'the [[National Security Council (UK)|National Security Council]] (NSC) and the Prime Minister across all national security and international policy issues'. <ref name="jobad">Cabinet Office [https://web.archive.org/web/20220913085301/https://cabinetofficejobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-2/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/16/opp/4597-4597-B1-EO-Executive-Support-Officer-National-Security-Secretariat/en-GB 4597 - B1 (EO) Executive Support Officer, National Security Secretariat]. Closing date 5 January 2020. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 13 September 2022.</ref>
  
 
The 'core NSS objectives' are to:
 
The 'core NSS objectives' are to:

Revision as of 09:11, 13 September 2022

The National Security Secretariat (NSS) is one of the ‘seven Agencies and Departments which form the UK Intelligence Community’.[1][2]

It supports 'the National Security Council (NSC) and the Prime Minister across all national security and international policy issues'. [3]

The 'core NSS objectives' are to:

  • Protect our people at home, in our Overseas Territories and abroad; and to protect our territory, economic security, infrastructure and way of life
  • Project our global influence reducing the likelihood of threats materialising and affecting the UK, our interests and those of our allies and partners
  • Promote our prosperity seizing opportunities, working innovatively and supporting UK industry[3]


Units within the NSS

Notes

  1. Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament How the Committee works. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 March 2020.
  2. Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament How the Committee works. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 15 June 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cabinet Office 4597 - B1 (EO) Executive Support Officer, National Security Secretariat. Closing date 5 January 2020. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 13 September 2022.