)[2] Its main responsibilities are counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance.

[2] The old Security Service has been described as "detested"[2] and "widely hated",[1] and following 2011 Egyptian revolution its headquarters was stormed by protesters who made off with records.

[2] Nearly a hundred of the sacked senior officers of State Security Investigations Service were rehired.

[1][2] Due to the wave of pro-military nationalism in Egypt and the agency's efforts to improve security during the Islamist unrest, the agency has gained much of the old Security Service's lost respect in Egypt according to Sarah El Deeb of the Associated Press.

[1] After announcing the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group due to the December 2013 Mansoura bombing, the agency assigned hotlines for the public to report suspected Muslim Brotherhood members, and was reportedly "reclaiming a major role" and rebuilding its network of informants that had been weakened during the Arab Spring[1] On the other hand, Declan Walsh of the New York Times states that after the agency was established, torture chambers were reopened.