NSA News & Highlights

Oct. 22, 2014

Five Cryptologists Added to NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor

Five "cryptologic greats" were inducted into the NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor today at the National Cryptologic Museum (NCM). Rick Ledgett, Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, presided over the ceremony and highlighted the distinguished achievements of each of the inductees:

Oct. 10, 2014

Admiral Rogers Statement for NSA.gov Regarding National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Statement on the 11th anniversary of "National Cyber Security Awareness Month."

Oct. 7, 2014

NSA Releases Second Transparency Report: NSA's Civil Liberties and Privacy Protections for Targeted SIGINT Activities Under Executive Order 12333

Today NSA released to the public its second civil liberties and privacy report.

Sept. 26, 2014

Alert: Computer Scam Uses NSA Seal

Public Announcement on a malware scam using the NSA/CSS seals and banner

Sept. 24, 2014

NSA Director Names New Chief Risk Officer

2014 Press Release

Sept. 18, 2014

Plunkett Named to New Position

Admiral Michael S. Rogers, Director, National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS),

Sept. 18, 2014

Transcript of Remarks by Admiral Michael S. Rogers at the INSA/AFCEA Intelligence Community Panel on 18 September 2014

Remarks by Admiral Michael S. Rogers at the INSA/AFCEA Intelligence Community Panel on 18 September 2014

Aug. 20, 2014

NSA and DHS Announce the 2014 National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense

The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) jointly announce the first 44 institutions designated as NSA/DHS National Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Information Assurance (IA)/Cyber Defense (CD).

Aug. 7, 2014

NSA Announces Secure Guidance Program - FPGAs

For the past 14 years, the National Security Agency (NSA) has been working with Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) companies in order to gain a better understanding of their rapidly changing technologies.

Aug. 6, 2014

NSA Announces Winner of Its Second Annual "Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition"

The Research Directorate of the National Security Agency is pleased to announce the winner of this year's Science of Security (SoS) Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition.