Signals Intelligence Agency
The Signals Intelligence Agency, formerly known as the National Electronic Security Authority, is the United Arab Emirates intelligence agency.Activities
In May 2014, the NESA launched Cyber Quest, a competition for school and university students., CyberQuest is on its 5th edition. And it has several social media accounts that covers the competition including Twitter account and Instagram Account
A January 2019 report by Reuters revealed that the agency participated in Project Raven, a confidential initiative to help the UAE surveil other governments, militants, and human rights activists. In 2014, Project Raven helped the SIA break up an ISIS network in the UAE.
In December 2019, The New York Times reported that the SIA or other Emirati intelligence services used ToTok, a messaging app widely used by the Emirati public, to record all conversations, movements, relationships, appointments, sounds and images by the app's users.
