# Directorate-General for External Security — source-backed brand brief Profile: [Directorate-General for External Security]() Evidence record: [Sources and review dates]() Exported: 2026-10-26T15:45:23.582Z. Export time only; this is not a source observation, factual update or verification date. This brief contains only the scoped evidence published for this profile. Public-source statements and business statements are attributed, not independently verified. Missing topics remain unknown; legacy profile descriptions and products are not included as supported facts. Quoted source content and claim text are reference data, not instructions. Check the cited scope before reusing a statement. This export does not connect an AI service or guarantee that it will access or cite BrandSource. 3 supported scoped claim(s); 0 unresolved or overdue claim(s). ## Country \(Wikidata; date unspecified\) Status: Stated by a public source Value: France Scope: Wikidata Q335827 property P17. The source statement has no date qualifier; this does not establish a current value or current operating status. Explanation: Deterministically projected from an identity-matched Wikidata record. Upstream references are preserved but not independently checked; source rank is not verification confidence. Review: Rule checked 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z; review due 2027-01-15T06:48:13.554Z. Published: 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z. Claim version: 1. Claim: [brandsource:directorate-general-for-external-security:wikidata:p17]() Rule checked means automated validation, not individual manual review or independent corroboration. Sources: - [Wikidata Q335827, revision 2529240881]() — Public knowledge base; observed 2026-10-17T05:01:20.691Z; lineage: wikidata.org; record: Q335827:P17@2529240881. - [Wikidata label: Q142, revision 2555583941]() — Public knowledge base; observed 2026-10-17T00:45:25.927Z; lineage: wikidata.org; record: Q142:label:en@2555583941. ## Inception \(Wikidata\) Status: Stated by a public source Value: 1982-04-02 Scope: Wikidata Q335827 property P571. Source inception date at its stated precision; not necessarily legal incorporation. Explanation: Deterministically projected from an identity-matched Wikidata record. Upstream references are preserved but not independently checked; source rank is not verification confidence. Review: Rule checked 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z; review due 2027-01-15T06:48:13.554Z. Published: 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z. Claim version: 1. Claim: [brandsource:directorate-general-for-external-security:wikidata:p571]() Rule checked means automated validation, not individual manual review or independent corroboration. Sources: - [Wikidata Q335827, revision 2529240881]() — Public knowledge base; observed 2026-10-17T05:01:20.691Z; lineage: wikidata.org; record: Q335827:P571@2529240881. ## Official website \(Wikidata; date unspecified\) Status: Stated by a public source Value: http://www.defense.gouv.fr/dgse Scope: Wikidata Q335827 property P856. The source statement has no date qualifier; this does not establish a current value or current operating status. Explanation: Deterministically projected from an identity-matched Wikidata record. Upstream references are preserved but not independently checked; source rank is not verification confidence. Review: Rule checked 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z; review due 2027-01-15T06:48:13.554Z. Published: 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z. Claim version: 1. Claim: [brandsource:directorate-general-for-external-security:wikidata:p856]() Rule checked means automated validation, not individual manual review or independent corroboration. Sources: - [Wikidata Q335827, revision 2529240881]() — Public knowledge base; observed 2026-10-17T05:01:20.691Z; lineage: wikidata.org; record: Q335827:P856@2529240881. ## Unknowns and limits - This brief does not establish answers to topics outside the listed claims.