Counter Intelligence: Analyzing Foreign Threats in UAE Security

This report delves into the realm of counter intelligence, focusing on its significance in safeguarding national security, specifically within the context of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It begins by defining counter intelligence and highlighting its crucial role in combating foreign intelligence threats. The report outlines various threats, including espionage, cyber attacks, and terrorism, and then explores the functions of counter intelligence agencies in identifying, assessing, and neutralizing these threats. A case study of the UAE is presented, showcasing specific instances of cyber attacks and espionage, and the report concludes by emphasizing the importance of counter intelligence mechanisms in protecting a country's security and data. The report references relevant sources, including academic publications and news articles, to support its analysis.

COUNTER
INTELLEGENCE

Introduction
• Counter intelligence are the security devices
of a country
• Fights against the foreign intelligence threats
in security
• Appointed skilled personals to analyse the
threats on country security
• intelligence activities prepares the country
for the counter attack

What is Counter Intelligence
• Counter intelligence are the agencies of a country
that fights against any kind of security threats of
country
• The internal security of the country assets are the
primary responsibility of the counter intelligence
agencies.
• The identity of the professional are mostly kept
secret for maintaining the secrecy of their
operations.

Importance of Counter
Intelligence
• Securing the internal security of the country
• Providing information as well as they protect the information
• Identifying possible the threats and attacks on the country
• Identifying the terrorist attack possibilities and resisting them

Kind of Threats from Foreign
Intelligence
• Espionage or Spying
• Deception or Perception management
• Military data stealing
• terrorist attacks
• Cyber attacks

Functions Of the CI Agencies
• Identifying foreign intelligence agents
• Identifying the spying activities in the country
• Assessing the threats against the country by the foreign agents
• Identifying the terrorists activities
• Providing the information of the terrorists activities and neutralising
them (Duvenage, Sithole & von Solms, 2017)
• Protecting the data of the country security

Counter Intelligence Agencies in
UAE
• UAE State Security
• SIA- Signals Intelligence Agency
• MISS- Military Intelligence Security Services

Cases Of counter Intelligence in
UAE
• Cheers Exhibition Company lost $53,000 because of the cyber attck on
the email account of the CEO. (arabianbusiness.com, 2019)
• The British research scholar Matthew Hedges was accused of spying
on behalf of UK (bbc.com, 2018)

Conclusion
• Counter attack mechanisms are active in the
international politics
• Counter intelligence bodies of the country like
UAE are the shield against such attacks
• CI manages any kind of attack threats on the
country security
• It also protects the important data for the
country functions.

References
• Duvenage, P., Sithole, T., & von Solms, S. (2017, June). A Conceptual
Framework for Cyber Counterintelligence: Theory That Really Matters.
In European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (pp. 109-119).
Academic Conferences International Limited.
• arabianbusiness.com (2019), Dubai company loses $53,000 in
targeted cyber attack. Retrieved from:
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/technology/428500-dubai-compan
y-loses-53000-in-targeted-cyber-attack
• bbc.com (2018), Matthew Hedges: Durham student charged with UAE
spying. Retrieved from: https://www
.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-45871581