[Cryptography] NSA re-org and its impact

Salz, Rich rsalz at akamai.com
Tue Feb 2 15:15:03 EST 2016


(Separately posted to the IETF CRFG and SAAG mailing lists)


The NSA is re-organizing to merge its signals intelligence (attack) and information assurance (protect) into one unit.  The NSA is, by US Law, the official advisor to NIST on cryptography. NIST has a pretty admirable track record of crypto (exceptions being mostly when they were misled by their official expert). Things may change now.  Or not.  YMMV.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-agency-plans-major-reorganization/2016/02/02/2a66555e-c960-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_story.html<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-agency-plans-major-reorganization/2016/02/02/2a66555e-c960-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory>


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