United States National Security Agency OOB 2013
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Contents
- 1 National Security Agency
- 1.1 National Security Operations Center (NSOC)
- 1.2 NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center (NTOC)
- 1.3 F Digital Warfare Directorate (?)
- 1.4 G Image Intelligence Directorate
- 1.5 I Information Assurance Directorate
- 1.6 J Cryptologic Directorate
- 1.7 L Installation and Logistics
- 1.8 M Human Resources
- 1.9 Q Security and Counter Intelligence
- 1.10 R Research Directorate
- 1.11 S Signals Intelligence Directorate
- 1.12 T Technical Directorate
- 1.13 Directorate for Education and Training
- 1.14 Directorate for Corporate Leadership
- 1.15 Foreign Affairs Directorate
- 1.16 Acquisitions and Procurement Directorate
National Security Agency
National Security Operations Center (NSOC)
- is the NSA's current operations center and focal point for time-sensitive SIGINT reporting for the United States SIGINT System (USSS). This center was established in 1968 as the National SIGINT Watch Center (NSWC) and renamed into National SIGINT Operations Center (NSOC) in 1973. This "nerve center of the NSA" got its current name in 1996.[84]
NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center (NTOC)
- is the primary NSA/CSS partner for Department of Homeland Security response to cyber incidents. The NTOC establishes real-time network awareness and threat characterization capabilities to forecast, alert, and attribute malicious activity and enable the coordination of Computer Network Operations. The NTOC was established in 2004 as a joint Information Assurance and Signals Intelligence project.[85]
F Digital Warfare Directorate (?)
G Image Intelligence Directorate
I Information Assurance Directorate
J Cryptologic Directorate
L Installation and Logistics
M Human Resources
Q Security and Counter Intelligence
R Research Directorate
S Signals Intelligence Directorate
S1 Customer Relations
S2 Analysis and Production Centers
S2A South Asia
S2B China and Korea
S2C International Security
S2E Middle East/Asia
S2F International Crime
S2G Counter-proliferation
S2H Russia
S2I Counter-terrorism
S2J Weapons and Space
S2T Current Threats
S3 Data Acquisition
S31 Cryptanalysis and Exploitation Services (CES)
S32 - Tailored Access Operations (TAO)
- hacks into foreign computers to conduct cyber-espionage and reportedly is "the largest and arguably the most important component of the NSA's huge Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) Directorate, consisting of over 1,000 military and civilian computer hackers, intelligence analysts, targeting specialists, computer hardware and software designers, and electrical engineers."[78]
S33 Global Access Operations (GAO)
- is responsible for intercepts from satellites and other international SIGINT platforms.[79] A tool which details and maps the information collected by this unit is code-named Boundless Informant.
S34 Collections Strategies and Requirements Center
S35 Special Source Operations (SSO)
- is responsible for domestic and compartmented collection programs, like for example the PRISM program.[79] Special Source Operations is also mentioned in connection to the FAIRVIEW collection program.[80]
T Technical Directorate
Directorate for Education and Training
Directorate for Corporate Leadership
Foreign Affairs Directorate
- acts as liaison with foreign intelligence services, counter-intelligence centers and the UKUSA-partners.
