NSA Launches Cybersecurity Directorate to Combat Cyber Attacks on Government and Private Sector Systems
The National Security Agency (NSA) has established a Cybersecurity
Directorate that “unifies NSA’s foreign intelligence and cyber defense
missions” to more closely align its offensive and defensive operations. The directorate,
operating as of October 1, 2019 will help contribute to the NSA’s defensive
mission to protect digital systems. It will focus initially
on the defense industrial base and weapon security improvement.
The increased focus on cybersecurity comes in the wake of a
56-page report
by the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee warning that the
United…
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