The federal government has awakened to the urgency of cybersecurity and responded with new agencies, appointments, and appropriations. It’s an unsurprising flowering of bureaucracy, but it can make for a big picture that is hard to see. Here is a high-level look at these offices and organizations and the roles they play.
The NSA
The National Security Agency is the grandaddy of cybersecurity organizations. President Harry Truman created it in 1952 as an ultra-secret organization. It grew out of military intelligence capability forged during WWII to handle signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information security (INFOSEC). These are understood today as the twin goals of cyberspying and cybersecurity.
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