Can an Interception Be a Safety?

If a player of the team which intercepts, catches, or recovers the ball commits a live-ball foul in the end zone, it is a safety.

Can a defense get a safety?

In the NFL and NCAA, a conversion safety can also be scored by the defense. This scoring play has never occurred; to accomplish this, the team attempting the try must somehow be forced back to its own end zone.

Is an interception in the end zone a touchback?

Like the instance of a kickoff or punt fielded in an end zone, the intercepting player can attempt to advance the ball but it is still a touchback as long as the ball never completely crosses the goal line into the field of play before it is downed.