Latest National Security Agency Stories

FRISCO, Texas, July 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sheriffs Association (NSA), has endorsed Enhanced Call Verification (ECV) as a proven and effective way to reduce unnecessary calls for service at its general membership meeting on June 20, 2011. ECV is one of the best practices promoted by the Security Industry Alarm Association (SIAC) in its work with law enforcement agencies throughout the United States. The Sheriff's Association resolution notes that research shows two or more...

LOS ANGELES, July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In the timeliest of situations, Michael Franco, one of the nation's leading experts in secure wireless communications technology is launching his company, Safe and Secure Mobile, Inc. with the release of a new security application SafeandSecureMobile.com, using NSA approved technology as used by government agencies. It was his team of specialists that was responsible for actions that resulted in creating a BlackBerry device secure enough to allow...

MELBOURNE, Fla. and ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlights: Providing additional AN/PRC-117G radios to U.S. Army for range of tactical communication requirements. Radios are part of Army's transition to a networked digital battlefield that supplies voice and high-bandwidth data capabilities to forces at the tactical edge.Improved interoperability provides enhanced coordination and mission planning, while reducing risk of friendly fire.Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics C4 Systems announced today that the National Security Agency (NSA) has certified the KG-530 SONET OC-768C in-line network encryptor to secure information classified to the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information level and below. For users, the KG-530 significantly reduces network delay, or latency, that is common when working with large quantities of classified information. The encryptor secures large image, data and...

CHANTILLY, Va., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Daily Record has named Rosemary Budd, vice president of business development at TASC, one of Maryland's Top 100 Women. The award recognizes Budd and the other honorees for their professional accomplishments, community leadership and mentoring. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100524/PH08918LOGO ) "Rosemary exemplifies what the people of TASC strive to be: talented professionals who are passionate about the mission of their...

CARLSBAD, Calif., May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) has received certification from the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) to add a compact, ruggedized model to its AltaSec® family of HAIPE® Type 1 Inline Network Encryptors (INE) called the KG-250X. Engineered for extreme mobile mission requirements and small enough to stow in a cargo pocket, the KG-250X packs the cryptographic power to connect warfighters, coalition partners, and other...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that the National Security Agency (NSA) has conditionally recognized completion of critical design for the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS). AMF JTRS is an encrypted, Internet Protocol, software-reprogrammable, multi-band/multi-mode capable, mobile ad-hoc network that will enable U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy warfighters to share real-time voice, video and...

BLUE BELL, Pa., April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys (NYSE: UIS) today announced that the Unisys Stealth Solution for Networks achieved EAL-4+ certification from the National Security Agency (NSA) as a secure solution for protection of data-in-motion across any network -- private or public. This qualifies Stealth to protect U.S. Defense Department data classified up to the "secret" level. The patent-pending Unisys Stealth Solution uses advanced data encryption to secure data on shared...

SCHIEDAM, Netherlands and NEW YORK, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite billions of dollars spent by intelligence agencies like NSA and CIA on technologies to intercept and monitor electronic messages and communications, terrorists all over the world are able to communicate without fear of discovery, using online computer games. The CIA tentatively acknowledged this threat in its 2008 Data Mining Report and started the Reynard Project as a "seedling effort" to detect suspicious...

The head of the US National Security Agency (NSA) on Thursday advised computer security specialists to tighten the nation's critical infrastructure against cyber crime that will most likely become more advanced and destructive. Cyber Command director General Keith Alexander said at the RSA Conference in San Francisco that the NSA's "active defenses" designed to defend military networks should be extended to include civilian government agencies and key private-sector networks. "I believe we...