State Security Service (Uzbekistan)

The State Security Service (Uzbek Davlat Xavfsizlik Xizmati, DXX; in Russian Служба государственной безопасности, СГБ, often romanised as SGB) is the national civilian intelligence and security agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was formerly known as the National Security Service.

The SNB is described by Amnesty International and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) as a secret police force.

The primary responsibilities are within the country and include analysis and development of intelligence collection and counterintelligence systems to create national security, border security, civilian intelligence cybersecurity, clandestine and covert operations, counterintelligence, counter-revolutionary, counterterrorism, creation a civilian security network intelligence, executive protection (especially the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan), intelligence gathering and assessment, internal security, investigation and interrogation some other types of serious crimes, maintain confidentiality of civilian intelligence information and documents, national's central intelligence affair for coordinating intelligence activities, psychological and information warfare, political warfare, support irregular warfare, surveillance and suppression of political activists, and threat assessment to national security.