NSA Cybersecurity Advisories & Guidance


NSA leverages its elite technical capability to develop advisories and mitigations on evolving cybersecurity threats.

Browse or search our repository of advisories, info sheets, tech reports, and operational risk notices listed below. Some resources have access requirements.

For a subset of cybersecurity products focused on telework and general network security for end users, view our Telework and Mobile Security Guidance page.

To read our complete series on protecting DoD microelectronics from adversary influence, view our DoD Microelectronics Guidance page.
 

ImageTitlePublication Date
CSA: People’s Republic of China-Linked Actors Compromise Routers and IoT Devices for Botnet OperationsCSA: People’s Republic of China-Linked Actors Compromise Routers and IoT Devices for Botnet Operations9/18/2024
CSA: Russian Military Cyber Actors Target U.S. and Global Critical InfrastructureCSA: Russian Military Cyber Actors Target U.S. and Global Critical Infrastructure9/5/2024
CSA: Protecting VSAT Communications (August 2024 Update)CSA: Protecting VSAT Communications (August 2024 Update)8/26/2024
CSI: Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat DetectionCSI: Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat Detection8/21/2024
ESF: Recommendations for Increasing U.S. Participation & Leadership in Standards DevelopmentESF: Recommendations for Increasing U.S. Participation & Leadership in Standards Development7/30/2024
CSA: North Korea Cyber Group Conducts Global Espionage Campaign to Advance Regime’s Military and Nuclear ProgramsCSA: North Korea Cyber Group Conducts Global Espionage Campaign to Advance Regime’s Military and Nuclear Programs7/25/2024
CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Automation and Orchestration PillarCSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Automation and Orchestration Pillar7/10/2024
CSA: PRC MSS Tradecraft in ActionCSA: PRC MSS Tradecraft in Action7/8/2024
CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Visibility and Analytics PillarCSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Visibility and Analytics Pillar5/30/2024
CSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Application and Workload PillarCSI: Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Application and Workload Pillar5/22/2024
CTR: DoD Microelectronics: Field Programmable Gate Array Best Practices – Threat Catalog (May 2024 Update)CTR: DoD Microelectronics: Field Programmable Gate Array Best Practices – Threat Catalog (May 2024 Update)5/13/2024
CTR: DoD Microelectronics: Field Programmable Gate Array Level of Assurance 1 Best Practices (May 2024 Update)CTR: DoD Microelectronics: Field Programmable Gate Array Level of Assurance 1 Best Practices (May 2024 Update)5/13/2024
CTR: DoD Microelectronics: Field Programmable Gate Array Overall Assurance Process (May 2024 Update)CTR: DoD Microelectronics: Field Programmable Gate Array Overall Assurance Process (May 2024 Update)5/13/2024
CSA: North Korean Actors Exploit Weak DMARC Security Policies to Mask Spearphishing EffortsCSA: North Korean Actors Exploit Weak DMARC Security Policies to Mask Spearphishing Efforts5/2/2024
Fact Sheet: Defending OT Operations Against Ongoing Pro-Russia Hacktivist ActivityFact Sheet: Defending OT Operations Against Ongoing Pro-Russia Hacktivist Activity5/1/2024
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Additional Documents

Some guidance is protected and requires use of a DoD Common Access Card (CAC) to access. Visit https://cyber.mil/nsa/cybersecurity-advisories-and-technical-guidance/ to access the following and other protected documents:

  • Avoid Dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and the ALPACA Technique (FOUO version)
  • Protecting VSAT Communications
  • Quantum Security of Symmetric Cryptography and Hash Functions: A Review
  • Securing AWS S3
  • Security Considerations for Office 365 Government Customers