== The directors ==*General Giuseppe Santovito (First director, 13 January 1978 - August 1981)*General Nino Lugaresi (August 1981 - 4 May 1984)*Admiral Fulvio Martini (5 May 1984 - 26 February 1991)*General Sergio Luccarini (27 February 1991 - 19 August 1991)*General Luigi Ramponi (19 August 1991 - 9 August 1992)*General Cesare Pucci (10 August 1992 - 12 July 1994)*General Sergio Siracusa (12 July 1994 - 3 November 1996)*Admiral Gianfranco Battelli (4 November 1996 - 30 September 2001)*General Nicolò Pollari (1 October 2001 - 20 November 2006)*Admiral Bruno Branciforte (21 November 2006 - 3 August 2007)== Motto and logo ==SISMI's motto, as seen on its logo, was (Latin for "Understanding hidden things").
Njeno dejavnost je z reformo italijanskega varnostno-obveščevalnega sistema 1. avgusta 2007 prevzela novoustanovljena Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna (AISI).