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NSA News & Highlights

NSA SPOTLIGHT

NSA mourns the loss of former Deputy Director Barbara McNamara

Barbara McNamara, who served as NSA deputy director from 1997 to 2000 as part of a long and distinguished career at the Agency, passed away Saturday at age 83.

Toying with Secrets at the National Cryptologic Museum

NSA Joins CISA and Others to Release Guidance on Mitigating Malicious Activity from Bulletproof Hosting Provider Infrastructure

Former NSA Director Lt Gen Kenneth Minihan Passes Away

Tag: GEN Nakasone

July 23, 2019

FAQ: NSA/CSS Cybersecurity Directorate

FT. MEADE, Md. — Q: What is NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate and what is its mission? A: NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate is a major organization that unifies NSA’s foreign intelligence and cyber defense missions and is charged with preventing and eradicating threats to National Security Systems and the Defense Industrial Base.