National Security Agency

General Company Info

The National Security Agency (NSA) is a world leader in the protection and exploitation of intelligence. We gather and analyze foreign signals intelligence to produce vital information for U.S. policy makers and warfighters. And we protect American intelligence from our adversaries.

At the nation’s top cryptologic organization, you can work with the best and the brightest, using your intelligence to solve some of our most difficult challenges. Your solutions can play a major role in shaping the course of world history.

NSA is the world leader in many technology fields and conducts one of the U.S. government’s leading research and development programs. We are also the largest employer of mathematicians in the country, as well as one of the most important centers of foreign language analysis and research.

The NSA Mission
NSA is responsible for carrying out two of the nation’s most important and sensitive intelligence activities – signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA).

SIGINT involves intercepting, decrypting, and analyzing foreign adversaries’ communications to produce intelligence that gives the nation an information advantage. We are also responsible for the protection of U.S. government information systems. Together, the two missions promote a single goal: information superiority for America and its allies.