PRESIDENTIAL-TRANSITION-2016-NSA-PRESS-KIT.PDF

BUILDING UPON OUR
RICH HERITAGE
N A T I O N A L  S E C U R I T Y  A G E N C Y
NSA
D E F E N D I N G  O U R  N A T I O N  A N D  A L L I E S
S E C U R I N G  T H E  F U T U R E
The National Security Agency was established on 
November 4, 1952, under a directive issued by President 
Harry Truman. The Central Security Service comprises the 
elements of the Armed Forces that perform signals 
intelligence and information assurance along with NSA. 
CSS was established under a presidential directive in 1972.
Yet, code making and code breaking have influenced 
America’s history from the earliest days …

TODAY 
our national leaders, policymakers, warfighters, law enforcement agencies and 
Intelligence Community partners face some of the gravest national security 
challenges in U.S. history.
To respond to these threats to our nation, we need to understand our adversaries, their capabilities, and their plans 
and intentions. At the same time, we must protect our communications and information from those adversaries, and 
we must outmaneuver those adversaries in cyberspace. 
INFORMATION 
ASSURANCE
 
Our nation’s security depends on protecting data and information 
systems, and securely communicat…