Generating foreign intelligence insights.
Applying cybersecurity expertise.
Securing the future.

We leverage our advantages in technology and cybersecurity consistent with our authorities to strengthen national defense and secure national security systems.
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Our Mission

Cybersecurity

NSA Cybersecurity prevents and eradicates threats to U.S. national security systems with a focus on the Defense Industrial Base and the improvement of our weapons’ security. Through our Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, NSA partners with allies, private industry, academics, and researchers to strengthen awareness and collaboration to advance the state of cybersecurity.
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Signals Intelligence

NSA provides foreign signals intelligence (SIGINT) to our nation's policymakers and military forces. SIGINT plays a vital role in our national security by providing America's leaders with critical information they need to defend our country, save lives, and advance U.S. goals and alliances globally.
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Aligning for Success

Research

NSA invests in a world-class workforce and partnerships with academia and industry to deliver capabilities that secure the nation’s future.
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Academics

NSA partners with schools to help cultivate the next generation of experts in science, technology, engineering, math, language and analysis to protect the nation.
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Business

NSA has a wide range of requirements and we need industry's help in fulfilling our mission.
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News & Highlights

2023 Giving Tuesday Social Media Graphic

NSA Volunteers Give Back at Sandalwood Elementary

BALTIMORE, MD. — Seven National Security Agency (NSA) employees took the phrase “giving back to the community” to heart during a recent...
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CSI: Guidelines for Secure AI System Development

Guidance for Securing AI Issued by NSA, NCSC-UK, CISA, and P...

FORT MEADE, Md.- The National Security Agency (NSA), UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK), U.S Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...
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Rendering of the Joint Cryptologic Center (JCC) at NSA/CSS Colorado.

NSA Breaks Ground on New Joint Cryptologic Center at Colorad...

The groundbreaking for the new Joint Cryptologic Center (JCC) at NSA/CSS Colorado (NSAC) recently took place on Buckley Space Force Base in...
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Presentation of DOD certificate to Peter McDonald, one of only three living Code Talkers. (Photos courtesy from the NCM Director Vince Houghton)

NCM to Partner with Smithsonian National Museum of the Ameri...

Following a celebration with the Navajo Nation to honor the Navajo code talkers, high above the clouds on the return flight from Arizona to...
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CTR: Securing the Software Supply Chain: Recommended Practices for Software Bill of Materials Consumption graphic.

NSA and ESF Partners Release Recommended Practices for Softw...

The National Security Agency (NSA), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...
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National Cryptologic Museum

The National Cryptologic Museum is NSA’s gateway to the public and educates visitors about the role of cryptology in shaping history. The NCM collects, preserves, and showcases unique cryptologic artifacts and shares the stories of the people, technology, and methods that have defined cryptologic history.
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