TRANSITION-TEAM-INTRODUCTION-TO-NSA.PDF

Doc ID: 6611739 (U) The National Security Agency (U) Defending Our Nation and Allies. Securing the Future. (U) Introduction (U) The National Security Agency (NSA) gathers and shares unique foreign intelligence and protects vital information and networks of the United States and its allies. Operating within a rigorous framework to protect legal and constitutional rights, NSA saves lives and advances America’s goals and alliances. As a member of both the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD), NSA is well-positioned to carry out its mission. (U) U.S. leaders, policy-makers, …

Doc ID: 6611739 IPL 86-36/50 USC 3605 (U) Mission (U) NSA’s mission is to provide a decisive information advantage for thé US. ‘and its allies. NSA accomplishes its missions through Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Information Assurance (IA) and by enabling Cybersecurity Operations (CSO). e (U) Signals Intelligence — Through SIGINT, NSA provides foreign intelligence that gives decision-makers and warfighters access to the often- secret communications and information of adversaries and rivals. . e (U) Information Assurance — Through IA, NSA evaluates emerging technologies, conducts vulnerabil…

Doc ID: 6611739 SECREMSE REF TOCA PET (U) Organization and Structure (U) NSA continues to evolve to keep pace with ever-changing technology and to ensure that it remains the world’s preeminent SIGINT and JA agency. NSA’s structure enables it to continue to succeed in the face of growing technological and strategic challenges, while delivering outstanding mission outcomes for the Nation, today and in the future. It also reflects NSA’s commitment to empowering its personnel, integrating its enterprise, and enabling innovation. (U) Watch/ Director Operations Floor Offices of Civil Liberties & Pri…

Doc ID: 6611739 SS (U) SIGINT Mission Activities — Within the SIGINT mission, the principal activities are acquiring, understanding and interpreting, and sharing information with partners who_can : EO 1.4.(c) aL Upon I. PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 2257 © SHSTHREE FOS EYES) Acquiring information includes detetipiining’ Flow best to obtain information responsive to partners’ intelligence’ needs, gaining-gecess to that information, and capturing it. This requirés a fundamental understanding of the: world’s many constantly changing communications paths and technolo gies 7 it ‘iso involves developing and …

Doc ID: 6611739 _SECRETSHREL- TOUS OEE 9 2*3r .? . , au ° ’ -* ¢ , ry 7 ° . ¢ , ° é , a , 7 ° e (U/FOHO>} Conducting premier incident response and sophisticated cyber hunt operations by responding, as requested, to cyber breaches or intrusions across the USG. NSA performs network and system evaluations to deternfine how well entities with NSS comply with established safeguarding policies and standards. NSA also conducts 24/7 IA operations, proactively hunting for sophisticated cyber adversaries within national security networks. . ' e (U/FORO5 Advising and su ortin ederal in ormation: security…

Doc ID: 6611739 federally funded research and development centers such as the national laboratories, as well as academia and the private sector. (U) Information Technology Activities — NSA requires a resilient and robust IT infrastructure to store, process, transmit, and protect information at extremely high speeds. NSA’s IT professionals develop, engineer, implement, secure, and maintain its technology infrastructure and collaborate across the IC to find efficiencies in IT. EO 1.4.(c) (U) NSA’s Role in the Intelligence Community ¢ Pd , : NSA’s role in the IC is driven by several, fActdrs that…

Doc ID: 6611739 EO 1.4.(c) ee . (U) Academia — NSA has an array of relationships with more than 500 academic institutions that advance its SIGINT and IA missions. These arrangements leverage academic expertise in key mission areas, strengthen our educational institutions, and help build the talent pool in fields vital to the Nation in general and the IC in particular, in areas such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), computer science, cybersecurity, and foreign languages. (U) Conclusion (U) NSA is an integral and essential member of the intelligence and defense communi…