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NSA News & Highlights

NSA SPOTLIGHT

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

Tag: 2018

Oct. 16, 2018

October 2018 Puzzle Periodical - Connection Inspection

NSA Puzzle Periodical for October 2018: Connection Inspection

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Oct. 2, 2018

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

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

Aug. 21, 2018

August 2018 Puzzle Periodical - Crop Calculations

NSA Puzzle Periodical for August 2018: Crop Calculations

July 17, 2018

July 2018 Puzzle Periodical - Marble Math

NSA Puzzle Periodical for July 2018: Marble Math

June 19, 2018

June 2018 Puzzle Periodical - Mug Math

NSA Puzzle Periodical for June 2018: Mug Math

May 30, 2018

NSA Honors Cryptologist Staff Sergeant Robert Franklin Townsend, USA

FORT MEADE, Md. — Official press release on 2018 Observance honoring Staff Sergeant Robert Franklin Townsend, USA.

May 23, 2018

Failing to Keep Pace: The Cyber Threat and Its Implications for Our Privacy Laws

GEORGETOWN CYBERSECURITY LAW INSTITUTE, Washington, DC — Failing to Keep Pace: The Cyber Threat and Its Implications for Our Privacy Laws: NSA's General Counsel, Mr. Glenn Gerstell presents at the Georgetown Cybersecurity Law Institute in Washington, DC on May 23, 2018.

May 15, 2018

May 2018 Puzzle Periodical - Shall We Play a Game? Computer Tic-Tac-Toe

NSA Puzzle Periodical for May 2018: Computer Tic-Tac-Toe

April 27, 2018

NSA's GenCyber Gears Up for Its Hottest Summer Yet

FORT MEADE, Md. — The National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that the 2018 GenCyber summer camp program kicks off at institutions around the country this May.

USCC, NSA, CSS Seals

April 24, 2018

Senate Confirms LTG Nakasone to Lead USCYBERCOM and NSA/CSS

FORT MEADE, Md. — Official press release announcing Nakasone to Lead USCYBERCOM and NSA/CSS