State Security Agency undertook enormous restructuring that left the department with challenges. Some of the departments within State Security Agency had to be merged to form one department under one Director General. Previously, it was known as National Intelligence Agency (NIA) with spending agencies such as South African National Academy of Intelligence (SANAI), Comsec; National Communications Centre (NCC) and Office of Interception Centre. South African Secret Services (SASS) was a standalone with its own Director General.