Definitions for national security agency
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1. National Security Agency, NSAnoun

   the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information

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1. National Security Agency

   The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for foreign and domestic intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, specializing in a discipline known as signals intelligence (SIGINT). The NSA is also tasked with the protection of U.S. communications networks and information systems. The NSA relies on a variety of measures to accomplish its mission, the majority of which are clandestine. The existence of the NSA was not revealed until 1975. The NSA has roughly 32,000 employees.Originating as a unit to decipher coded communications in World War II, it was officially formed as the NSA by President Harry S. Truman in 1952. Between then and the end of the Cold War, it became the largest of the U.S. intelligence organizations in terms of personnel and budget, but information available as of 2013 indicates that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pulled ahead in this regard, with a budget of $14.7 billion. The NSA currently conducts worldwide mass data collection and has been known to physically bug electronic systems as one method to this end. The NSA is also alleged to have been behind such attack software as Stuxnet, which severely damaged Iran's nuclear program. The NSA, alongside the CIA, maintains a physical presence in many countries across the globe; the CIA/NSA joint Special Collection Service (a highly classified intelligence team) inserts eavesdropping devices in high value targets (such as presidential palaces or embassies). SCS collection tactics allegedly encompass "close surveillance, burglary, wiretapping, [and] breaking and entering".Unlike the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), both of which specialize primarily in foreign human espionage, the NSA does not publicly conduct human-source intelligence gathering. The NSA is entrusted with providing assistance to, and the coordination of, SIGINT elements for other government organizations – which are prevented by Executive Order from engaging in such activities on their own. As part of these responsibilities, the agency has a co-located organization called the Central Security Service (CSS), which facilitates cooperation between the NSA and other U.S. defense cryptanalysis components. To further ensure streamlined communication between the signals intelligence community divisions, the NSA Director simultaneously serves as the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and as Chief of the Central Security Service. The NSA's actions have been a matter of political controversy on several occasions, including its spying on anti–Vietnam War leaders and the agency's participation in economic espionage. In 2013, the NSA had many of its secret surveillance programs revealed to the public by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor. According to the leaked documents, the NSA intercepts and stores the communications of over a billion people worldwide, including United States citizens. The documents also revealed the NSA tracks hundreds of millions of people's movements using cellphones' metadata. Internationally, research has pointed to the NSA's ability to surveil the domestic Internet traffic of foreign countries through "boomerang routing".

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1. national security agency

   The National Security Agency (NSA) is a U.S government agency responsible for signal intelligence and information assurance. It collects and processes foreign communications and signals intelligence data for the nation's foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. It also protects U.S. government communications and sensitive information systems from unauthorized use and potential cyber threats. The NSA operates under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense and directly reports to the Director of National Intelligence. It is known for its strong technical capabilities in cryptanalysis and cryptography.

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   The numerical value of national security agency in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of national security agency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of national security agency in a Sentence

1. United States:

   Everyone will still be able to have all necessary data flows with United States, like sending emails or booking a hotel in United States, some EU businesses may not be able to use United States for outsourcing anymore, because United States surveillance laws requires these companies to disclose data to the National Security Agency( NSA).

2. Anthony Romero:

   They spoke about the National Security Agency's (NSA) electronic surveillance, its ramifications for world leaders and impact on the citizens of foreign countries.

3. Paul Nakasone:

   Paul Nakasone Cyber Command, working in partnership with the National Security Agency, provided indicators of compromise to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security.

4. El Aissami:

   This terrorist plan was prepared in Colombia, it is also important to denounce that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency had knowledge of the plan and advised the terrorists involved.

5. Ulf Buermeyer:

   While the parents of the deceased had to spend years litigating to read their daughter's messages, the National Security Agency and the Federal Intelligence Service would only need a few mouse clicks.

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