United Kingdom Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_Kingdom_Government_Communications_Headquarters_(GCHQ)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf intelligence officer
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:GCHQ
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:George_Cross_(2022)
gptkbp:budget classified
gptkbp:buildingNickname gptkb:The_Doughnut
gptkbp:coordinates 51.9006°N 2.0890°W
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:headquartersLocation gptkb:Cheltenham
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United Kingdom Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
gptkbp:involvedIn counter-terrorism
crypt
cybersecurity
military intelligence
surveillance
counter-espionage
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Intelligence_Services_Act_1994
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Five_Eyes
gptkbp:motto Securing the Nation
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Robert_Hannigan
gptkb:Alan_Turing
gptkb:Dilly_Knox
gptkb:Gordon_Welchman
gptkb:Joan_Clarke
gptkb:Iain_Lobban
gptkb:Jeremy_Fleming
gptkbp:notableOperation Enigma decryption
Bletchley Park codebreaking
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees ~6,000
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:UK_Foreign_Secretary
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:UK_Intelligence_Community
Cabinet Office
gptkbp:predecessor Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS)
gptkbp:primaryUse information assurance
signals intelligence
gptkbp:publishedIn GCHQ Puzzle Books
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:United_Kingdom
global
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:MI6
gptkb:National_Cyber_Security_Centre_(NCSC)
gptkb:MI5
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:National_Cyber_Security_Centre_(NCSC)
gptkbp:type gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:website https://www.gchq.gov.uk/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:signals_intelligence_(SIGINT)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7