National Security Sector
| قطاع الأمن الوطني | |
 Official emblem | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2011 |
Preceding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Egypt |
| Headquarters |
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| Employees | 200,000 |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
The National Security Sector (NSS, Arabic: قطاع الأمن الوطني, romanized: Ketaʿ El Amn El Watani), also Homeland Security, is an Egyptian security service, the main domestic security agency of Egypt. Two other security agencies are the Military Intelligence Authority and the General Intelligence Service which traditionally specializes in foreign intelligence gathering. Its main responsibilities are counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance.
The agency is the successor of the State Security Investigations Service (Egyptian Arabic: مباحث أمن الدولة Mabaḥith Amn El Dawla). The NSS is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior and is headquartered in Cairo. It "remains the most visible" of Egypt's security agencies and according to one estimate has about "100,000 personnel and at least as many informants".