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
CSA: Russian Cyber Actors Use Compromised Routers to Facilitate Cyber OperationsCSA: Russian Cyber Actors Use Compromised Routers to Facilitate Cyber Operations2/27/2024
CSA: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Exploiting JetBrains TeamCity CVE GloballyCSA: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Exploiting JetBrains TeamCity CVE Globally12/13/2023
CSA: Russian FSB cyber actor Star Blizzard continues worldwide spear-phishing campaignsCSA: Russian FSB cyber actor Star Blizzard continues worldwide spear-phishing campaigns12/7/2023
CSA: Russian GRU Global Brute Force CampaignCSA: Russian GRU Global Brute Force Campaign7/1/2021
CSA: Russian Military Cyber Actors Target U.S. and Global Critical InfrastructureCSA: Russian Military Cyber Actors Target U.S. and Global Critical Infrastructure9/5/2024
CSA: Russian State Sponsored and Criminal Cyber Threats to Critical InfrastructureCSA: Russian State Sponsored and Criminal Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure4/20/2022
CSA: Russian State Sponsored Cyber Actors Target CDC NetworksCSA: Russian State Sponsored Cyber Actors Target CDC Networks2/16/2022
CSA: Russian SVR Targets U.S. and Allied NetworksCSA: Russian SVR Targets U.S. and Allied Networks4/15/2021
CSA: Stop Malicious Cyber Activity Against Connected Operational TechnologyCSA: Stop Malicious Cyber Activity Against Connected Operational Technology4/29/2021
CSA: SVR Adapt Tactics for Initial Cloud AccessCSA: SVR Adapt Tactics for Initial Cloud Access2/26/2024
CSA: Top Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) Actively Exploited by People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors (October 2022)CSA: Top Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) Actively Exploited by People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors (October 2022)10/6/2022
CSA: Understanding Mitigating Russian Cyber Threats to US Critical InfrastructureCSA: Understanding Mitigating Russian Cyber Threats to US Critical Infrastructure1/11/2022
CSA: Update on SVR Cyber Operations and Vulnerability ExploitationCSA: Update on SVR Cyber Operations and Vulnerability Exploitation10/10/2024
CSA: Weak Security Controls and Practices Routinely Exploited for Initial AccessCSA: Weak Security Controls and Practices Routinely Exploited for Initial Access5/17/2022
CSI: #StopRansomware GuideCSI: #StopRansomware Guide10/19/2023
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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