MADLANGA J (ii) supply intelligence regarding any such threat to [the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee]; (b) (c) (2) to fulfil the national counter-intelligence responsibilities and for this purpose to conduct and co-ordinate counter-intelligence and to gather, correlate, evaluate, analyse and interpret information regarding counter-intelligence in order to(i) identify any threat or potential threat to the security of the Republic or its people; (ii) inform the President of any such threat; (iii) supply (where necessary) intelligence relating to any such threat to the South African Police Service for the purposes of investigating any offence or alleged offence; and (iv) supply intelligence relating to any such threat to the Department of Home Affairs for the purposes of fulfilment of any immigration function; and (ivA) supply intelligence relating to any such threat to any other department of State for the purposes of fulfilment of its departmental functions; and (v) supply intelligence relating to national strategic intelligence to [the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee]; to gather departmental intelligence at the request of any interested department of State, and, without delay to evaluate and transmit such intelligence and any other intelligence at the disposal of the Agency and which constitutes departmental intelligence, to the department concerned and to [the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee]. It shall, subject to section 3, also be the functions of the Agency— (a) (b) to gather, correlate, evaluate and analyse foreign intelligence, excluding foreign military intelligence, in order to(i) identify any threat or potential threat to the security of the Republic or its people; (ii) supply intelligence relating to any such threat to [the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee]; in the prescribed manner, and in regard to communications and cryptography(i) to identify, protect and secure critical electronic communications and infrastructure against unauthorised access or technical, electronic or any other related threats; (ii) to provide crypto-graphic and verification services for electronic communications security systems, products and services used by organs of state; (iii) to provide and coordinate research and development with regard to electronic communications security systems, products and services and any other related services; (c) to liaise with intelligence or security services or other authorities, of other countries or inter-governmental forums of intelligence or security services; (d) to train and support users of electronic communications systems, products and related services; 69