Problems of intelligence services in the process of adapting to contemporary challenges, risks and threats

Abstract

Intelligence services around the world conduct a continuous and hard battle to adjust to the new conditions created by contemporary challenges, risks, threats, and globalization. In spite of continuous efforts to improve the methodology and operation of the intelligence services, there have been security failures. Great shock to the global intelligence community came on 11 September 2001, when Al Qaeda carried out terrorist attacks on the territory of the United States of America. These terrorist attacks marked a turning point in the perception of national and global security in the world. All these changes have led to the emergence of various problems in adapting the intelligence services to the current security situation. In order to overcome the gap between the needs, current assets and capabilities of the intelligence services, it is necessary to insist on the continued development and improvement of the intelligence activity. This development need to involve both the redefining of the position of the intelligence services in the country, and the implementation of new operational methodology. This is the only way to keep up with modern challenges, risks and threats, whose exponents consistently aspire to advancing and finding new forms of threats, their maxim being: 'Maximum effect with minimum means'.

Keywords

• intelligence activity
• intelligence service
• risk
• globalization
• threat
• terrorism
• organized crime