Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Government_Communications_Headquarters_(GCHQ)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf intelligence officer
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:GCHQ
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:UK_Ministry_of_Defence
Cabinet Office
gptkbp:budget classified
gptkbp:buildingType gptkb:The_Doughnut
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:director gptkb:Anne_Keast-Butler
gptkbp:emblem GCHQ crest
gptkbp:employs intelligence officers
civil servants
gptkbp:established 1919
gptkbp:focusArea counter-terrorism
crypt
cybersecurity
data analysis
information security
counter-espionage
signals interception
communications interception
gptkbp:formerName Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS)
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Cheltenham
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Intelligence_Services_Act_1994
gptkb:Investigatory_Powers_Act_2016
gptkbp:logo GCHQ logo.svg
gptkbp:member gptkb:Five_Eyes
gptkbp:motto Securing the Nation
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:The_Doughnut,_Cheltenham
gptkbp:notableEvent Cold War intelligence
World War II codebreaking
gptkbp:notableOperation Enigma decryption
Bletchley Park codebreaking
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Alan_Turing
gptkb:Joan_Clarke
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Intelligence_and_Security_Committee_of_Parliament
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:UK_Intelligence_Community
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
gptkbp:primaryUse information assurance
signals intelligence
gptkbp:public_engagement STEM outreach
puzzle challenges
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:United_Kingdom
international
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:MI6
gptkb:MI5
gptkb:National_Cyber_Security_Centre
gptkbp:website https://www.gchq.gov.uk/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_government_offices
gptkb:communications_intelligence_(COMINT)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6