NSA Cybersecurity Advisories & Guidance


NSA leverages its elite technical capability to develop advisories and mitigations on evolving cybersecurity threats.

Browse or search our repository of advisories, info sheets, tech reports, and operational risk notices listed below. Some resources have access requirements.

For a subset of cybersecurity products focused on telework and general network security for end users, view our Telework and Mobile Security Guidance page.

To read our complete series on protecting DoD microelectronics from adversary influence, view our DoD Microelectronics Guidance page.
 

ImageTitlePublication Date
CSI: Account for Complexities Introduced by Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud EnvironmentsCSI: Account for Complexities Introduced by Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud Environments3/7/2024
CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Application and Workload PillarCSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Application and Workload Pillar5/22/2024
CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Automation and Orchestration PillarCSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Automation and Orchestration Pillar7/10/2024
CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Data PillarCSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Data Pillar4/9/2024
CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Device PillarCSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Device Pillar10/19/2023
CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Network and Environment PillarCSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Network and Environment Pillar3/5/2024
CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity throughout the User Pillar (April 2023 Update)CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity throughout the User Pillar (April 2023 Update)4/3/2023
CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Visibility and Analytics PillarCSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Visibility and Analytics Pillar5/30/2024
CSI: Avoid Dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and the ALPACA WeaknessCSI: Avoid Dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and the ALPACA Weakness10/7/2021
CSI: Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat DetectionCSI: Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat Detection8/21/2024
CSI: Best Practices for Securing Your Home NetworkCSI: Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network2/22/2023
CSI: BlackLotus Mitigation GuideCSI: BlackLotus Mitigation Guide6/22/2023
CSI: Cisco Password Types: Best PracticesCSI: Cisco Password Types: Best Practices2/17/2022
CSI: Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite 2.0 (CNSA 2.0) FAQ (April 2024 Update)CSI: Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite 2.0 (CNSA 2.0) FAQ (April 2024 Update)4/17/2024
CSI: Contextualizing Deepfake Threats to OrganizationsCSI: Contextualizing Deepfake Threats to Organizations9/12/2023
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Additional Documents

Some guidance is protected and requires use of a DoD Common Access Card (CAC) to access. Visit https://cyber.mil/nsa/cybersecurity-advisories-and-technical-guidance/ to access the following and other protected documents:

  • Avoid Dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and the ALPACA Technique (FOUO version)
  • Protecting VSAT Communications
  • Quantum Security of Symmetric Cryptography and Hash Functions: A Review
  • Securing AWS S3
  • Security Considerations for Office 365 Government Customers