Newly Released Papers from NSA Journals
The papers are old, but they have just been released under FOIA.
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Security Problems with U.S. Cloud Providers
Invasive U.S. surveillance programs, either illegal like the NSA’s wiretapping of AT&T phone lines or legal as authorized by the PATRIOT Act, are causing foreign companies to think twice about putting their data in U.S. cloud systems.
I think these are legitimate concerns. I don’t trust the U.S. government, law or no law, not to spy on my data if it thought it was a good idea. The more interesting question is: which government should I trust instead?
NSA Acronyms
The second document in this file is the recently unclassified “Guide to Historical Cryptologic Acronyms and Abbreviations, 1940-1980,” from the NSA
Note that there are still some redactions.
Menwith Hill
Article on the NSA’s Menwith Hill listening station in the UK.
NSA Style Manual
National Security Agency (NSA) SIGINT Reporter’s Style and Usage Manual, 2010.
Analysis of Redaction Failures
Redaction failures are so common that I stopped blogging about them years ago. This is the first analysis I have seen of technical redaction failures. And here’s the NSA on how to redact.
Recently Declassified NSA History Document
“American Cryptography During the Cold War 1945-1989; Book IV: Cryptologic Rebirth 1981-1989.” Document was first declassified in 2009. Here are some newly declassified pages.
Brian Snow Sows Cyber Fears
That’s no less sensational than the Calgary Herald headline: “Total cyber-meltdown almost inevitable, expert tells Calgary audience.” That’s former NSA Technical Director Brian Snow talking to a university audience.
“It’s long weeks to short months at best before there’s a security meltdown,” said Snow, as a guest lecturer for the Institute for Security, Privacy and Information Assurance, an interdisciplinary group at the university dedicated to information security.
“Will a bank failure be the wake-up call before we act? It’s a global problem—not just the U.S., not just Canada, but the world.”
I know Brian, and I have to believe his definition of “security meltdown” is more limited than the headline leads one to believe.
David Kahn Donates his Cryptography Collection to the National Cryptologic Museum
I think that’s where my collection will be going, too.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.