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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: periodical

Oct. 17, 2017

October 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Jumping Kangaroos

October 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Jumping Kangaroos; Puzzle created by David B., NSA Mathematician

Sept. 19, 2017

September 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Arabella's Spider Web

September 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Arabella's Spider Web; Puzzle created by Katrina J., NSA Mathematician

Aug. 15, 2017

August 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Solar Scramble

April 2017 Puzzle Periodical - What is the Connection?; Puzzle created by Wendell W., NSA Mathematician

July 18, 2017

July 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Weekend Volunteering

July 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Solve the Connection; Puzzle created by Chris B., NSA Capability Development Analyst

June 20, 2017

June 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Solve the Connection

June 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Solve the Connection; Puzzle created by Wendell W., NSA Mathematician

May 18, 2017

May 2017 Puzzle Periodical - A Plate of 1,000 Cookies

May 2017 Puzzle Periodical - A Plate of 1,000 Cookies; Puzzle created by David B., NSA Mathematician

April 18, 2017

April 2017 Puzzle Periodical - What is the Connection?

April 2017 Puzzle Periodical - What is the Connection?; Puzzle created by Wendell W., NSA Mathematician

March 21, 2017

March 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Lucky Seven

March 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Lucky Seven; Puzzle created by David G., NSA Mathematician

Feb. 21, 2017

February 2017 Puzzle Periodical - What is the Connection?

February 2017 Puzzle Periodical; Puzzle created by Wendell W., NSA Cryptanalyst

Jan. 17, 2017

January 2017 Puzzle Periodical

January 2017 Puzzle Periodical; Puzzle created by Tim C., Applied Research Mathematician, NSA