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Rita Bush, chief of the Laboratory for Advanced Cybersecurity Research, delivers opening remarks.

June 4, 2024

NSA and Universities Partnering to Advance Cybersecurity Research

NSA Research invited leading university research institutions across the country to the National Cryptologic Museum for a day-long event to tackle the ongoing challenge of securing critical cyber systems.

NSA Research is proud to announce the winning paper for the 11th annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition, “Uninvited Guest: Analyzing the Identity and Behavior of Certificate Transparency Bots.”

Feb. 14, 2024

NSA Awards Authors of Study of Automated Attacks on New Webservers

The National Security Agency (NSA) Research Directorate recently selected “Uninvited Guests: Analyzing the Identity and Behavior of Certificate Transparency Bots,” as the winner of its 11th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition.

HoTSoS

June 18, 2021

Science of Security Enhances Research Publishing

FT. MEADE, Md. — This year’s 8th annual Hot Topics of Science of Security (HoTSoS) conference pioneered a new type of cybersecurity conference—one centered on providing community input to ongoing research and collective community participation in defining the next decade of cybersecurity research.

UI students

Jan. 23, 2020

NSA and University of Illinois: Partnering to Secure Networks and Cyber Systems

FT. MEADE, Md. — The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) is one of the first universities to partner with NSA on researching the science of security and has been working on cybersecurity problems with NSA for more than 19 years.

(L to R) Dr. Adam Tagert Technical Lead of SoS; Dr. William Scherlis, Carnegie Mellon University; Dr. Perry Alexander, University of Kanas; Dr. Munindar Singh, North Carolina State University; Dr. Jonathan Aldrich, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. William Sanders, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; Dr. David Nicol, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; Dr. Xenofon Koutsoukos, Vanderbilt University; & Dr. Serge Egelman, International Computer Science Institute.

April 18, 2018

New NSA-funded "Lablets" to Advance the Science of Security and Privacy

Newly funded NSA 'Lablets' to help develop cybersecurity and privacy breakthroughs for guarding cyberspace.

NSA's 5th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition

Dec. 21, 2017

NSA's 5th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition Award Winner Announced

In a time of increasing cyber threats, Section 702 aids the Intelligence Community's cybersecurity efforts.

Feb. 17, 2017

NSA Science of Security Program Seeks Paper Nominations, Reports Progress

The National Security Agency (NSA) now seeks nominations for its 5th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition.

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.

March 4, 2016

NSA Announces 4th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition

Public Announcement of the 4th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition

Aug. 21, 2015

NSA Announces Winner of Annual Cybersecurity Research Paper Competition

FORT MEADE, Md. — A research paper about a technique that measures the vulnerability of computer systems by the amount of information they mistakenly spill is the winner of the National Security Agency's third annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition.