Skandinavian Security Directorate

Sikkerhetsdirektorat
	Security Directorate
Agency overview
Formed	1955
Jurisdiction	Skandinavia
Headquarters	Christiania, Skandinavia
Employees	About 1,150
Agency executive	Olaf Günnarson, Director;
Parent agency	Forsvarsdepartementet
Child agencies	UnCERT (Union Computer Emergency Response Team); SERTIT (Certification Authority for IT Security in Kalmar Union);
Website	http://www.sikkerhetsdirektorat.sk

Sikkerhetsdirektorat SDK (Security Directorate) is a Skandinavian intelligence agency at the level of government agency (Direktorat) established on 1 January 1955 as the successor to fromer intelligence agencies. It is responsible for proactive national security, identifying national objects of special interest (for example the national oil company Statoil) and reducing their vulnerability to internal and external threats. The agency performs threat analysis on physical objects of national interest, and is also known to work with experts on computer security and data encryption. The cooperation with the Kongelige Gendarmeri and the Forsvarets Etterretningstjeneste has been identified as a very important part of the task of maintaining an overview of potential threats to objects, and instituting proactive activities.

SDK also cooperates with the Direktorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DCP&EP), intended to prevent loss of life and maintain health, environment, important society functions, and material assets in connection with accidents, catastrophes, terrorism and other unwanted events in peace, crisis and war.

Functions

Security Act
Defence Secrets Act
Defence Inventions Act
Arrangement on certification of information systems and products (SERTIT)
Coordinating role in preventative work and responses against IT security breaches aimed at vital infrastructure in Kalmar Union. (UnCERT)
Currently developping the Union Computer Network Defence (UCND) strategy
Gathering and analysing of information relevant for protective security services
Information, advice and guidance
Oversight and Inspections
Information assurance
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 CRYPTO-material
Central Personnel and Facility Security Clearance Registry
Body of Appeal when Security Clearance is denied

Organization

SDK is organized into five departments and a secretariat.

Department for Culture of Security

Personnel Security
Security clearance
Safety culture

UnCERT

Online Security
ICT threat
Proximity Warning System for Digital Infrastructure
Event Management (ICT-events)
Operations (ICT events)

Department of Communications and System Security

Cryptosystem
National manager of kryptomateriell
Protection of compromising electromagnetic radiation (TEMPEST)
Technical safety surveys
Physical protection
System
Certification, including SERTIT
Network Security
Intrusion Testing
Application Security
Document Security
Server and Client Safety

Department of Security Management

Planning and implementation of supervision
Security Authentication Information
Security Classified procurement
Control of the defense important inventions
Airborne Sensor Systems
National Emergency
Assessment of safety conditions
Valuation (What is worthy of screening information)
Object Security
The Secretariat of the Coordinating Committee for the prevention information (CIS)

Administration

IT Operations
Salaries
Accounting
Purchasing
Archive
Reception
Personnel
Economy and business management and control
Conference management

Management Secretariat

Legal
Security Management
Communication and Public Relations
Strategy and Policy