Summary:
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'''Counterintelligence''' (CI) refers to efforts made by [[intelligence organization]]s to prevent hostile or enemy [[Intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] organizations from successfully gathering and collecting intelligence against them. [[Intelligence cycle management|National intelligence programs]], and, by extension, the overall defenses of nations, are vulnerable to attack. It is the role of [[intelligence cycle]] security to protect the process embodied in the intelligence cycle, and that which it defends. A number of disciplines go into protecting the intelligence cycle. One of the challenges is there is a wide range of potential threats, so threat assessment, if complete, is a complex task.
==See also==
*[[Irregular Warfare]]
*[[List of Counterintelligence Organizations]]
*[[Smersh]] (Soviet counter-intelligence, abbreviation of the phrase "Smash Spies")
*[[X-2 Counter Espionage Branch]]
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'''Counterintelligence''' (CI) refers to efforts made by [[intelligence organization]]s to prevent hostile or enemy [[Intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] organizations from successfully gathering and collecting intelligence against them. [[Intelligence cycle management|National intelligence programs]], and, by extension, the overall defenses of nations, are vulnerable to attack. It is the role of [[intelligence cycle]] security to protect the process embodied in the intelligence cycle, and that which it defends. A number of disciplines go into protecting the intelligence cycle. One of the challenges is there is a wide range of potential threats, so threat assessment, if complete, is a complex task.
==See also==
*[[Irregular Warfare]]
*[[List of Counterintelligence Organizations]]
*[[Smersh]] (Soviet counter-intelligence, abbreviation of the phrase "Smash Spies")
*[[X-2 Counter Espionage Branch]]
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