Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Intelligence and security agencies

8: Government Communications Security Bureau

You could also call this:

"A team that helps keep New Zealand's information safe"

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The Government Communications Security Bureau is a department of the government. You can think of it as a team that helps keep New Zealand's information safe. It does this by working on signals intelligence and cybersecurity activities.

This team has been around for a while and is still going. It is the same team that existed before this law was made. If you want to learn more about the history of this team, you can look at the law from 2003.

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8Government Communications Security Bureau

  1. There continues to be a department of State called the Government Communications Security Bureau that specialises in signals intelligence and information assurance and cybersecurity activities.

  2. The Government Communications Security Bureau is the same body as the body of that name existing immediately before the commencement of this section.

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