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National Security Authority

Company type	Government agency
Industry	Intelligence agency
Founded	2003
Headquarters	Bærum,Norway
Area served	Norway
Number of employees	389 (2023)
Parent	Ministry of Defence
Website	nsm.no

TheNational Security Authority (NSM) (Norwegian:Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet) is aNorwegian security agency (Direktorat) established on 1 January 2003 as the successor toForsvarets sikkerhetsstab (FO/S). It is responsible for preventivenational security, ICT security matters, including the nationalcomputer emergency response team (NorCERT), identifying national objects of special interest and reducing their vulnerability to internal and external threats. The agency performs threat analysis at the national level, and is also known to work with experts oncomputer security and with dataencryption. The cooperation with thePolice Security Agency (PST) and theNorwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) has been identified as a very important part of the task of maintaining an overview of potential threats to objects, and instituting proactive activities.

NSM also cooperates with theDirectorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DSB), to prevent loss of life and maintainhealth,environment, important society functions, and material assets in connection withaccidents,catastrophes,terrorism and other unwanted events inpeace,crisis andwar.

NSM is administratively governed and funded by theMinistry of Defence, but also reports to theMinistry of Justice and the Police in civilian matters.

NSM is currently (as of 29 March 2007) organized in four technical/specialized departments and two administrative/support departments:

• Security Act
• Defence Secrets Act
• Defence Inventions Act
• Arrangement on certification of information systems and products (SERTIT)
• Coordinating role in preventive work and responses against IT security breaches aimed atcritical national infrastructure (CNI) in Norway. (NorCERT)

NSM have the following responsibilities pursuant of theSecurity Act:

• Gathering and analyzing of information relevant for preventive security services
• Information, advice and guidance
• Oversight and Inspections
• Development of security measures (R&D when needed)
• National and international cooperation
• Monitoring of information systems
• Technical Security Counter Measures (TSCM)
• Production and accounting of encryption material
• Central Personnel and Facility Security Clearance Registry
• Body of Appeal when Security Clearance is denied

• http://www.nsm.stat.no

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