March 11, 2020

NSA Science of Security Program Seeks Paper Nominations

FT. MEADE, Md. — The National Security Agency (NSA) is seeking nominations for the 8th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition. To be eligible for a nomination, a paper must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal or at a scientific conference during calendar year 2019.

March 2, 2020

Joint Statement from DOS, DOJ, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA on Preparations for Super Tuesday

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs today released this joint statement.

Feb. 24, 2020

NSA Seeking Proposals from Colleges for New Scholarship Program for Students

FT. MEADE, Md. — The National Security Agency is introducing a new program to generate partnerships with colleges and universities and increase its employee pipeline of underrepresented minorities in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) fields. 

Feb. 21, 2020

NSA Researcher Wins Prestigious Black Engineer Trailblazer Award

FT. MEADE, Md. — NSA Researcher Dr. Ahmad Ridley was presented with the 2020 Black Engineer of the Year Science Spectrum Trailblazer Award. The award is presented on behalf of Career Communications Group’s U.S. Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine and recognizes leaders who are creating new STEM paths for others.

Feb. 18, 2020

Bob Bailey: Cryptologic Hero, and Story

FORT MEADE, Md. — Article about cryptologic contributions of Bob Bailey, a Native American, and a former NSA employee.

Feb. 12, 2020

Heading to RSA: NSA Brings Innovative Ideas to Cybersecurity Industry

FORT MEADE, Md. — Article previewing NSA's participation in the RSA 2020 conference.

Jan. 29, 2020

U.S. Cyber Command, NSA Poised to Support U.S. Election Security

USCC's Brig. Gen. Hartman & NSA's Dave Imbordino participate in the University of Southern California "Election Cyersecurity Initiative" forum, Jan. 28, 2020.

Jan. 23, 2020

NSA and University of Illinois: Partnering to Secure Networks and Cyber Systems

FT. MEADE, Md. — The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) is one of the first universities to partner with NSA on researching the science of security and has been working on cybersecurity problems with NSA for more than 19 years.

Jan. 14, 2020

A Very Important Patch Tuesday

FORT MEADE, Md. — On 14 January 2020, Microsoft released a patch for a Windows 10 vulnerability discovered by NSA (CVE-2020-0601).

Dec. 17, 2019

NSA Research Director Named As First NSA ACM Fellows Recipient

FT. MEADE, Md. — The Association for Computer Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, names NSA Research Director Dr. Deborah Frincke as a 2019 ACM Fellow. She is the first NSA employee to receive the honor.