Latest National Security Agency Stories
A former senior official with the National Security Agency (NSA) who allegedly leaked government secrets to a newspaper reporter has been indicted on multiple charges.The Justice Department announced on Thursday that they would be filing charges against 52-year-old Thomas A. Drake, who they say provided classified information to the media through e-mail messages in 2006 and 2007 and obstructed justice by shredding documents, deleting computer files, and lying to investigators who were...
CARLSBAD, Calif., April 9 /PRNewswire / -- ViaSat (Nasdaq: VSAT) has received Type 1 certification from the National Security Agency (NSA) for the Multifunction Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) terminal effective March 11, 2010. The MIDS JTRS terminal is being developed under contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) MIDS Program Office (MPO), which is part of the Joint Program Executive Office for the Joint Tactical Radio...
GLASTONBURY, Conn., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- TopCoder®, Inc., the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software development platforms, today announced the National Security Agency (NSA) as patron and Yandex as sponsor of the 2010 TopCoder Open, the world's foremost competitive computer programming and creative design tournament. During the next four months of online competition, thousands of skilled competitors from around the globe will be reduced...
CHICAGO, March 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cook County Circuit Court Judge Daniel A. Riley, lamenting that the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act was an unfortunate law that would harm teens at risk of abuse, nonetheless granted a motion by the State of Illinois to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Illinois challenging the Act as violative of the state Constitution. However, the Judge also granted an order sought by the ACLU of Illinois and the State of Illinois to continue...
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SonicWALL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNWL), a leading secure network infrastructure company, announced today the SonicWALL Network Security Appliance (NSA) 2400MX, an innovative new addition to its market leading Unified Threat Management (UTM) portfolio. The NSA 2400MX is ready to support future expansion modules made available by SonicWALL that will allow small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to further increase switching port density. The...
WASHINGTON, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chertoff Group, a strategic security and risk management advisory firm, today announced the formation of a Board of Advisors, bringing together a renowned group of leaders with unparalleled experience in the areas of intelligence, foreign policy, international trade, homeland security, and financial services. In addition, former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Jayson Ahern, former NSA official William Marshall, and homeland...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SonicWALL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNWL), a leading secure network infrastructure company, announced today at RSA Conference 2010, (booth #2551), the SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) E8500, a new advanced Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) firewall with Application Intelligence and Control designed for the enterprise. The NSA E8500 extends the protection of SonicWALL's network security appliances to include the management and control...
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Google is working with the National Security Agency (NSA) on a deal that would help it investigate a corporate espionage attack that may have originated in China.Anonymous sources with knowledge of the arrangement told the Post that the aim of the investigation is to better defend Google and its users from future attacks.Google's alliance with the NSA, the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization, would be aimed at letting the...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SonicWALL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNWL), a leading secure network infrastructure company, today announced that Info-Tech Research Group has placed the company's Network Security Appliance (NSA) and TZ series appliances in the Champion category of its latest Vendor Landscape report. The report, "Vendor Landscape: IT Security Appliances (SMB)", issued in January 2010, evaluates the top Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions. The SonicWALL TZ and...
MELBOURNE, Fla., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- An advanced data link developed by Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) and ViaSat (Nasdaq: VSAT) for Boeing's proposed Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) program has completed risk-reduction tests, receiving Type 1 certification from the National Security Agency. Successful completion of risk reduction means the aircraft-launched munition is now ready for the Engineering Manufacture and Development (EMD) phase of the program. The SDB II...
