The recent establishment of a Cybersecurity Directorate within the National Security Agency is impacting the flow of information and contracting opportunities from the NSA.
That was one key takeaway from the FMA Industry Day keynote address by Tammy Griffith, Cybersecurity Directorate Portfolio Manager on February 13.
NSA Director General Paul Nakasone ordered the creation of the Cybersecurity Directorate less than a year ago. Tasked with preventing and eradicating cyber threats to U.S. national security systems and critical infrastructure, the directorate stood up in October 2019 and began work on its seven core functions: adversary defeat; nuclear command, control and communications; analysis and mitigation; encryption production and solutions; a Cybersecurity Collaboration Center; critical networks defense; and future and standards.
To achieve that mission across the federal government, the defense industry and an array of essential infrastructure, NSA leaders realized they would need to become both more public and more collaborative.
