National Cryptologic Center

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National Cryptologic Center
Centro Criptológico Nacional
Agency overview
FormedMarch 12, 2004
Jurisdiction Government of Spain
Headquarters Madrid, Spain
Agency executives
Parent agency National Intelligence Center
Website www.ccn.cni.es

The National Cryptologic Center (CCN) is a Spanish intelligence agency within the National Intelligence Center responsible for cryptanalyzing and deciphering by manual procedures, electronic media and cryptophony, as well as to carry out technological-cryptographic investigations and to train the personnel specialized in cryptology. [2] The CCN is legally regulated by Royal Decree 421/2004, of March 12. [3]

Contents

From CCN depends:

Functions

The functions of the CCN are: [2]

Director

The director of CCN is the same as the director of the CNI, Félix Sanz Roldán. However, the competency of the center's management relapse in a deputy director supported by an assistant deputy director. The functions of the deputy director of the CCN are:

Agreements

The CCN has signed two important agreements with Microsoft in order to join the Government Security Program (GSP):

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