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
 DDD-200730-216-040.PDFCybersecurity Advisory: Mitigate the GRUB2 BootHole Vulnerability7/30/2020
 CSA_DROVORUB_RUSSIAN_GRU_MALWARE_AUG_2020.PDFCybersecurity Advisory: Russian GRU 85th GTsSS Deploys Previously Undisclosed Drovorub Malware8/13/2020
 CSA_VMWARE ACCESS_U_OO_195076_20.PDFCybersecurity Advisory: Russian State-Sponsored Actors Exploiting Vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access Using Compromised Credentials (December 2020)12/7/2020
 Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI): Enhanced Visibility and Hardening Guidance for Communications InfrastructureCybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI): Enhanced Visibility and Hardening Guidance for Communications Infrastructure12/3/2024
 ESF: 5G Network Slicing: Security Considerations for Design, Deployment, and MaintenanceESF: 5G Network Slicing: Security Considerations for Design, Deployment, and Maintenance7/17/2023
 ESF: Identity and Access Management Educational AidESF: Identity and Access Management Educational Aid3/21/2023
 ESF: Identity and Access Management Educational Aid Talking PointsESF: Identity and Access Management Educational Aid Talking Points3/21/2023
 ESF: Identity and Access Management Recommended Best Practices for AdministratorsESF: Identity and Access Management Recommended Best Practices for Administrators3/21/2023
 ESF: Identity and Access Management: Developer and Vendor ChallengesESF: Identity and Access Management: Developer and Vendor Challenges10/4/2023
 ESF: Potential Threats to 5G Network SlicingESF: Potential Threats to 5G Network Slicing12/13/2022
 ESF: Recommendations for Increasing U.S. Participation & Leadership in Standards DevelopmentESF: Recommendations for Increasing U.S. Participation & Leadership in Standards Development7/30/2024
 ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain for CustomersESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain for Customers11/17/2022
 ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain for Customers Slick sheetESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain for Customers Slick sheet11/17/2022
 ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain: Recommended Practices for Managing Open Source Software and Software Bill of MaterialsESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain: Recommended Practices for Managing Open Source Software and Software Bill of Materials12/11/2023
 ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain: Recommended Practices for Software Bill of Materials ConsumptionESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain: Recommended Practices for Software Bill of Materials Consumption11/9/2023
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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