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NSA News & Highlights

NSA SPOTLIGHT

Georgia Tech Wins NSA's Codebreaker Challenge for Fourth Consecutive Year

FORT MEADE, Md. – For the fourth consecutive year, the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) took first place in the National Security Agency’s annual Codebreaker Challenge (CBC).

NSA and partners Issue Guidance on Fast Flux as a National Security Threat

Joint Publications Focus on Mitigation Strategies for Edge Devices

NSA and Others Publish Guidance for Secure OT Product Selection

Tag: National Space Day

The DEFSMAC watch floor as it was in 1983 from NSA archives

May 7, 2021

Profiling DEFSMAC on National Space Day 2021

FORT MEADE, Md. — In April 1964, with the stroke of his pen, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara signed a U.S. Department of Defense Directive, and the Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center was born.