What Does National Security Agency (NSA) Mean?
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a United States intelligence agency which is responsible for producing and managing information assurance and signals intelligence (SIGINT) for the U.S. government. The task of the NSA is the global monitoring, collection, decoding and subsequent analysis and translation of information and data for foreign intelligence and counter-intelligence purposes.
Techopedia Explains National Security Agency (NSA)
The National Security Agency was founded in World War I as a unit for deciphering coded communications. It was officially organized as the NSA in 1952 by President Harry S Truman. Since then the NSA has become one of the largest-funded intelligence organizations in the U.S. and operates under Department of Defense (DoD) jurisdiction, reporting directly to the Director of National Intelligence.
