gchq produces intelligence and communications and takes the lead in the cyberworld. these three specialized services form the u.k. intelligence community and we operate in what the secretary calls a networked world. technology plays an ever-growing part in our world. the sis as well as the gchq. the boundary line between home and abroad is increasingly blurred. so the three agencies were increasingly close together and the next five years we see as intensifying our collaboration to improve our operational impact and save money. yes, even the intelligence services have to make savings. what is secret intelligence? welcome a secret intelligence is important information that others wish you not to know. it's information the deeply believe could even zora understanding of a foreign country or grouping or reveal their true intentions. it's information that gives new opportunities for action. we at the sis obtain information from secret agents. a people nearly all foreign nationals who have access to secret information and choose to work with us. our agents are the true he

my colleague at gchq recently described the modern era that we face in our world. the tax on companies are happening all the time. electric grids, banking system, anything controlled by computers could be vulnerable. for some, cyber is becoming an instrument of policy, just as much as diplomacy or military force. there is no purely technological solution, however. we need to invest in technology to defend ourself, and the garden has allocated funds for that reason. will be gathering intelligence on individual states launching attacks against us to find out how they organize themselves and to develop ways to counter them. it is a big test for the future. where the military are involved in the conflict, you will find sis and gchq alongside them. in afghanistan, we provide tactical intelligence that saves lives. our strategic intelligence helps to map the way forward. capacity building is not limited to afghanistan. we offer training and support for partner services around the world. it wins their corporation. improves the quality of their work. it builds respect for

crucially, you have the experts, the chief of the defense staff, the heads of the security service, gchq, and if we are discussing resilience, you might have people from defra or the environment agency. the idea is that it meets every week. it normally has an update on the key priorities -- terrorism, afghanistan -- to make sure that the decision makers are getting the latest information from the experts. and that each week we try to have a discussion about that particular issue that needs a strategic approach. so we've had very good discussions on pakistan and yemen, and on looking at terrorism in northern ireland and another subject. we try to pick off one each week. yemen is it that example. we have range of engagement with yemen. obviously we have a big aid budget. the bilateral relationship. i have spoken to the president and met him myself. we have a relationship in terms of security, and we are also -- we're also a leading part of the friends of yemen, which we jointly chair with saudi arabia. we try to use all those tools to make sure that what is happening in yemen is moving in