# DGSI The Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure (Directorate-General for Internal Security) is France's domestic intelligence and counterterrorism agency — the French equivalent of [[MI5]] and the [[FBI]]'s national security division. Established in 2014 by restructuring the DCRI, the DGSI handles counterintelligence, counterterrorism, counter-subversion, and cybersecurity within French territory. The agency became the primary focus of French intelligence reform after the November 2015 Paris attacks and the July 2016 Nice truck attack exposed coordination failures between French security services. The DGSI's counterterrorism mission now dominates its operational tempo, though it retains significant counterintelligence responsibilities focused on Russian and Chinese espionage operations in France. ## See Also - [[DGSE]] — French foreign intelligence - [[MI5]] — UK domestic equivalent - [[Nine Eyes]] — the intelligence-sharing tier - [[Global Intelligence Hub]] — full agency index