Mission Is Just The Beginning

Our Team

Who We Are

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By joining NSA, you become part of a dynamic team of professionals across various areas, including computer science, engineering, math, cybersecurity and foreign language analysis, just to name a few. Together, we prevent foreign adversaries from gaining access to national security information and protect our cybersecurity infrastructure and communications systems.

We offer our employees an unparalleled opportunity to collaborate on and solve the nation’s most critical national security challenges and make an impact on world events.

Our Mission

What We Do

Cybersecurity

Our cybersecurity mission’s goal is to prevent and eradicate threats to U.S. national security systems. We defeat the adversary by providing the Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. government customers with: 

  • Intelligence to warn of malicious cyber threats
  • Integrated nuclear command and control systems threat, vulnerability, risk and cryptographic products and services
  • Threat, assessment and mitigation/protection products
  • Combined defense and offense operations

SIGINT

We are responsible for providing foreign signals intelligence (SIGINT) to our nation’s policymakers and military forces to arm them with critical information they need to defend our country, save lives and advance U.S. goals and alliances globally. SIGINT is intelligence derived from electronic signals and systems used by foreign targets, such as communications systems, radar and weapons systems that provide a vital window for our nation into foreign adversaries’ capabilities, actions and intentions.

Locations

Where We’re Located

In addition to our headquarters in Fort Meade, MD, located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., NSA operates four large facilities, known as cryptologic centers. We also offer employment opportunities at a couple of our smaller locations.