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NSA News & Highlights

NSA SPOTLIGHT

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Nov. 12, 2024

CISA, NSA, and Partners Issue Annual Report on Top Exploited Vulnerabilities

FORT MEADE, Md. - Malicious cyber actors are increasingly exploiting zero day vulnerabilities to compromise enterprise networks, according to an annual Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) about the top routinely exploited vulnerabilities co-authored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and domestic and foreign partners.

How the Need for Direct Cryptologic Military Support Helped Establish NSA’s Cryptologic Centers

NSA Issues Guidance for using Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs)

Headline Puzzle 60th Anniversary: November 2024

Tag: National Security Agency

Feb. 14, 2017

NSA's Response to Hostage Events: Swift and Enduring

The National Security Agency mission supports the efforts made to bring U.S. persons home.

Dec. 14, 2016

NSA Professionals: Deployed to Carry out the Mission

The National Security Agency is prepared to support U.S. warfighters around the world.

Nov. 22, 2016

NSA Professionals: A Calling and An Honor

At the National Security Agency, we thank the dedicated men and women who work around the clock to keep our nation safe.

Rucha Joshi presents her work, 'Determining Network Robustness Using Region Based Connectivity.'

Aug. 9, 2016

NSA Research Sponsors Special Award for Young Scientists and Engineers

The NSA Research Directorate hosted award winners from the Intel Science and Engineering Fair for a visit.

May 31, 2016

NSA/CSS Cryptologic Memorial Wall Observance Honored 1960's Era Cryptologic Heroes

FORT MEADE, Md. — On May 31, 2016, ADM Michael S. Rogers, USN, Director of National Security Agency / Chief of Central Security Service, honored the service and sacrifice of SP5 Timothy F. Powell Jr., USA, and of 2LT George P. Samples, USA, during the Agency's annual Cryptologic Memorial Wall Observance.

May 23, 2016

NSA Releases Thousands of WWII-era Documents to National Archives

More than 29,000 pages of declassified material related to the World War II-era Target Intelligence Committee (TICOM) are now publicly available following a recent transfer from NSA to the National Archives and Records Administration.

During WWII, nearly 10,000 naval cryptologists deployed worldwide supporting every major campaign. The Battle of Midway in particular was pivotal:

Due to the Navy's cryptologic endeavors, Admiral Nimitz knew that the Japanese attack on Midway would commence on 3 June. Armed with this crucial information, he was able to get his outgunned but determined force in position in time. On 4 June, the battled was finally joined. General George Marshall, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, in his comments on the victory, perhaps said it best: “… as a result of Cryptanalysis we were able to concentrate our limited forces to meet their naval advance on Midway when we otherwise would have been 3,000 miles out of place.”

May 18, 2016

NSA celebrates Armed Forces Week with a look at a U.S. Navy cryptologic achievement

NSA celebrates Armed Forces Week with a look at a U.S. Marine Corps cryptologic achievement.

May 18, 2016

NSA GenCyber Camps Triple In Offerings

FORT MEADE, Md. — After the success of 2015's 43 GenCyber summer camps, opportunities for 2016 have greatly expanded, with plans in the works for 133 summer camps across the nation, more than triple the number in 2015.