Network Security Fundamentals

Appendix C. NSA Guidelines

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Much of the material in this appendix is quoted directly from the relevant websites that are listed at the end of the appendix.

According to its website, the National Security Agency (NSA) “is the cryptologic organization in the U.S. It coordinates, directs, and performs highly specialized activities to protect American information systems and produce foreign intelligence information. NSA is a high technology organization, and as such it is on the frontier of communications and data processing. It is also one of the most important centers of foreign language analysis and research within the U.S. government. Some NSA R&D projects have significantly advanced the state-of-the-art in the scientific and business worlds. ...