It is a republican body that elaborates and implements the policies of the government in the national security sector. By decree of the NKR Supreme Council adopted on 18 January 2006, the NKAO State Security Department was named the State Department of National Security under the NKR Council of Ministers.
It is a republican agency that creates and carries out government policies in the field of national security. As a result of a resolution adopted by the NKR Supreme Council on January 18, 2006, the NKAO State Security Department was re-designated as the State Department of National Defense within the NKR Council of Ministers.