The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) is an intelligence agency of the New Zealand government.
The mission statement is given as:
To contribute to the national security of New Zealand through:
- providing foreign signals intelligence to support and inform Government decision making;
- providing an all-hours foreign intelligence watch and warning service to Government;
- ensuring the integrity, availability and confidentiality of official information through information systems security services to Government; and
- assisting in the protection of the national critical infrastructure from information-borne threats.
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