Our mission
Our mission is to provide our customers with intelligence advantage and cyber resilience to successfully navigate an unpredictable world. The GCSB is a crucial part of how our country makes sense of the world and manages national security threats.
Our functions
We use our intelligence collection capabilities, supplemented by intelligence received from partners, to support government agencies in their operations and decision making. Under the Intelligence and Security Act 2017 (ISA), the GCSB has four core functions:
- Intelligence collection and analysis
- Protective security advice and assistance, including Information assurance and cyber security activities
- Co-operation with other public authorities to facilitate their functions, and
- Co-operation with other entities to respond to imminent threat.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) works to strengthen New Zealand’s cyber security resilience. This includes ongoing work across Government and critical infrastructure organisations to ensure the data and online services that New Zealand relies on are protected against hazards and risks. We host the Government Chief Information Security Officer (GCISO) function and provide system stewardship of information security for the public sector. We are also responsible for providing cyber security advice and education to all New Zealanders, offering support to New Zealanders who have been the target of malicious cyber activity, and for helping to support cyber security resilience in the Pacific.
We contribute to
- The protection of New Zealand’s national security
- The international relations and wellbeing of New Zealand
- The economic well-being of New Zealand.
Our locations
We have offices in Wellington, Auckland and Waihopai, near Blenheim. We also have a high frequency radio interception and direction-finding station in Tangimoana, near Palmerston North, and an all-of-government data centre at RNZAF Base Auckland.