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Dec. 5, 2024

Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part Two, 1982)

We're reaching into the vault to bring you a lecture delivered to the NSA workforce in 1982 by then-Navy Captain Grace Hopper entitled, "Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People." Grace Hopper was an American computer scientist and mathematician, and a pioneer of computer programing. Among her accomplishments, Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages. She ultimately reached the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States...

U.S. Military Academy honored at White House for winning NSA’s 2024 Cyber Exercise

No Such Puzzle: Reindeer Games

Headline Puzzle: December 2024

Oct. 11, 2018

In the Spotlight: Paula Lewandoski

In the Spotlight article about Paula Lewandoski for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2018.

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Oct. 9, 2018

Cybersecurity + Diversity: We want to see you in San Antonio!

Article about NSA participation in the 2018 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference on October 11-13th in San Antonio, Texas.

Oct. 4, 2018

In the Spotlight: Kolade "Yemi" Rotimi

In the Spotlight article for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month featuring Kolade "Yemi" Rotimi-- an NSA subject matter expert assigned to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center.

Oct. 2, 2018

Home, Safe, Home: How to Keep Your Home Cybersecure

Article summarizing home cybersecurity mitigation tips for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2018.

Sept. 18, 2018

September 2018 Puzzle Periodical - The F Sequence

NSA Puzzle Periodical for September 2018: The F Sequence

Sept. 4, 2018

UMBC and National Security Agency Celebrate More Than 20 Years of STEM Education and Research

BALTIMORE, Md. — NSA press release announcing the kickoff of the NSA Featured Schools Series. This first installment of the series highlights NSA's more than 20 years of partnership with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) on STEM education and research.

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Sept. 4, 2018

NSA and UMBC: Partners for 20 Plus Years

First article in NSA's Featured Schools Series. Highlights the over 20 year partnership between NSA/CSS and UMBC.

Aug. 21, 2018

August 2018 Puzzle Periodical - Crop Calculations

NSA Puzzle Periodical for August 2018: Crop Calculations

Photo of title slide of Black Hat conference presentation, Stress and Hacking: Understanding Cognitive Stress in Tactical Cyber Operations

Aug. 13, 2018

Measuring Stress in a High-Risk Environment

Article on the Cyber Operations Stress Survey (COSS), an assessment developed by NSA researchers Dr. Celeste Lyn Paul and Dr. Josiah Dykstra. Organizations can use the COSS to assess employee stress or measure the stress-lowering benefits of policy changes and technical mitigations.

July 27, 2018

NSA Statement on Semi-Annual Office of the Inspector General Report to Congress

FORT MEADE, Md. — NSA press statement on the Semi-Annual Office of the Inspector General Report to Congress covering 1 October 2017 to 31 March 2018.

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