Secretariat-General for National Defence and Security (Secrétariat général de la défense et de la sécurité nationale) - SGDSN

In a world marked by the multiplicity and interweaving of threats - threats of strength and weakness, expansion of terrorism, risk of proliferation, digital attacks - France must constantly adapt and strengthen its protection systems systematically, outside any institutional compartmentalization and any exclusive sectoral approach. This objective is indeed the one pursued today by the General Secretariat for Defense and National Security since its origins.

Heir to the secretariat of the Superior Council for National Defense, this interministerial body was in turn secretariat or staff, before adopting in 1962 the form of a general secretariat of national defense (SGDN), which in 2009 became general secretariat. of Defense and National Security (SGDSN). Despite these name changes and changes in its scope of action, the core of the SGDSN's main mission has remained the same over time: to guarantee the adaptation, consistency and continuity of the State's action. in the field of defense and, more recently, security.