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NSA: Looking for a few good cybersecurity professionals

At a time when cyberattacks on America's critical infrastructure have increased 17-fold (between 2009 and 2011), the need for highly trained cybersecurity professionals is acute. However, 83% of federal hiring managers in a recent survey said it was extremely difficult to find well-trained cybersecurity professionals and a projected shortfall of 20,000 to more than 40,000 people is expected in the years to come.

By Dirk A. D. Smith | 13 November, 2012 19:48

Tags: cybersecurity, Networking, education, nsa, infrastructure management, careers, IT management, government, industry verticals, Facebook, management, security
NSA breaks ground on Utah 'spy center' data center

The National Security Agency is building one of the largest and most expensive data centers as a place to gather and analyze intelligence data.

By Tim Greene | 11 January, 2011 04:31

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, security, nsa, hardware systems, Data Center, government, industry verticals, Data Centre
Microsoft denies it built 'backdoor' in Windows 7

Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system.

By Gregg Keizer | 20 November, 2009 07:30

Tags: Microsoft, nsa, Windows 7
NSA helped with Windows 7 development

The National Security Agency (NSA) worked with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7, an agency official acknowledged yesterday during testimony before Congress.

By Gregg Keizer | 19 November, 2009 08:32

Tags: Microsoft, security, nsa, Windows 7
Report: President Obama to get secure BlackBerry 8830

US President Barack Obama is due to receive a high-security BlackBerry 8830 soon, a Washington-based newspaper has reported.

By Matt Hamblen | 24 April, 2009 11:51

Tags: Blackberry, data security, nsa, Barack Obama

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The NSA wiretapping story that nobody wanted

They sometimes call national security the third rail of politics. Touch it and, politically, you're dead.

By Robert McMillan | 18 July, 2009 09:35

Tags: civil liberties, nsa, wiretapping

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