The Foreign Intelligence Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Ұлттық Қауіпсіздік Комитетінің Сыртқы барлау қызметі, Qazaqstan Respublikasy Ūlttyq Qauıpsızdık Komitetınıñ Syrtqy barlau qyzmetı) is a special state agency and a vital part of the country’s security system aimed at protecting the sovereignty of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It’s a member of the Intelligence Community of the Republic of Kazakhstan (along with the foreign intelligence agency of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan). The Foreign Intelligence Service is headed by The Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee - the Director of the Foreign Intelligence.

The Regulations on the Foreign Intelligence Service authorize the Service to carry out the following:

1.    Provide the Chairman of the Security Council, the President, Parliament and the Government, state bodies and agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan with intelligence and analysis necessary for making decisions in political, financial and economic, military-political, scientific and technical, humanitarian, environmental and other areas affecting the national interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2.    Participate in the development and implementation of state policy in the field of national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

3.    Assist in the implementation of the state leadership’s policy in political, military-political, financial and economic, scientific and technical, humanitarian, environmental and other fields affecting the national interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

4.    Collect intelligence and implement measures aimed at preventing real and potential threat to the national interests and security of the Republic of Kazakhstan posed by foreign special services and organizations, terrorist and extremist organizations, criminal communities (criminal organizations), as well as individuals;

5.    Ensure interaction between the Kazakh state bodies and organizations within the framework of the Intelligence Community of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

6.    Provide security for foreign institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, implement measures to protect state secrets and counteract technical intelligence in foreign institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan in cooperation with the official representative of the National Security Committee;