The NSA was established on November 4, 1952 by order of President Harry Truman. After the important work in breaking German and Japanese code during WWII, the decision was made to create the agency. The work in WWII helped the Allies succeed against the German U-boat threat and led to a victory at the Battle of Midway. After the hard work in the war, Truman decided to establish the NSA after several studies were conducted on how to best continue code breaking work post-war era. The National Security Agency was set in place of the Armed Forces Security Agency and was given the same resources. With the creation of the NSA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff were no longer in command. The new leadership position was given to the newly created position
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Today the Director of NSA is Michael S. Rogers. As Director of NSA, Rogers also has the leadership title of Chief of CSS and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command. Rogers assumed these duties in April of 2014.
Goals are continuously set in place for the NSA/CSS to accomplish. Many of these goals can always be improved upon and that’s what the agency strives to do. The NSA/CSS strives to lead an expert workforce for their best efforts to advance and operate cryptologic systems and tools. They also look to improve performance and integration of their core expertise and of their mission to protect and defend. The agency must also make sense of and securely share electronically gathered information as well as increase security of national security systems. To accomplish these goals, a five-step strategy has been set in place. First, the NSA/CSS must succeed in todays operations by enabling wise …show more content…
The agency not only recognizes the importance of the tasks ahead but takes time to step back and reflect and examine their rich cryptologic heritage. During the VENONA Project and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the NSA/CSS used their knowledge to protect and serve the nation. In the VENONA Project, they used cryptanalysis which identified numerous Soviet agents in the United States. The mission of the small program, at the time, was to examine and exploit Soviet diplomatic communications. Although it took almost two years for cryptologists to crack the code, the information gained provided U.S. leadership insight into the Soviet Union’s intentions and treasonous activities. In the case of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the NSA-CSS’s codebreakers and makers helped track Soviet intentions when the crisis threatened nuclear war. The NSA/CSS played a major role in the crisis by using Signals Intelligence and by gathering intelligence and providing it to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, and the executive branch before, during, and after the crisis. Not many of the United States Signals Reports have been declassified since the agency places concerns for its interpretation of “national security interests” above public discloser. But some of the reports from the Cuban Missile Crisis have been released so the people of the United States can gain a better understanding
Today the Director of NSA is Michael S. Rogers. As Director of NSA, Rogers also has the leadership title of Chief of CSS and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command. Rogers assumed these duties in April of 2014.
Goals are continuously set in place for the NSA/CSS to accomplish. Many of these goals can always be improved upon and that’s what the agency strives to do. The NSA/CSS strives to lead an expert workforce for their best efforts to advance and operate cryptologic systems and tools. They also look to improve performance and integration of their core expertise and of their mission to protect and defend. The agency must also make sense of and securely share electronically gathered information as well as increase security of national security systems. To accomplish these goals, a five-step strategy has been set in place. First, the NSA/CSS must succeed in todays operations by enabling wise …show more content…
The agency not only recognizes the importance of the tasks ahead but takes time to step back and reflect and examine their rich cryptologic heritage. During the VENONA Project and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the NSA/CSS used their knowledge to protect and serve the nation. In the VENONA Project, they used cryptanalysis which identified numerous Soviet agents in the United States. The mission of the small program, at the time, was to examine and exploit Soviet diplomatic communications. Although it took almost two years for cryptologists to crack the code, the information gained provided U.S. leadership insight into the Soviet Union’s intentions and treasonous activities. In the case of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the NSA-CSS’s codebreakers and makers helped track Soviet intentions when the crisis threatened nuclear war. The NSA/CSS played a major role in the crisis by using Signals Intelligence and by gathering intelligence and providing it to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, and the executive branch before, during, and after the crisis. Not many of the United States Signals Reports have been declassified since the agency places concerns for its interpretation of “national security interests” above public discloser. But some of the reports from the Cuban Missile Crisis have been released so the people of the United States can gain a better understanding