This law establishes the legal framework for Ecuador's National Intelligence System, defining its structure, principles, and the competencies of its governing entity and subsystems for intelligence and counterintelligence production. Its primary objective is to anticipate, prevent, and neutralize threats and risks affecting the comprehensive security of the State, regulating information acquisition, classification, and use, and establishing strict control and confidentiality mechanisms. The regulation specifies personnel requirements, identity protection, and special fund management, limiting the use of intelligence information in judicial processes and ensuring that operations are exclusive to authorized entities.