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The origins of the National Security Agency can be traced back to April 28, 1917, three weeks after the U.S. Congress declared war on Germany in World War I. A code and cipher decryption unit was established as the Cable and Telegraph Section, which was also known as the Cipher Bureau. [19]
On May 20, 1949, all cryptologic activities were centralized under a national organization called the Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA), a division of the Department of Defense that, after issues relating to poor interagency communication and coordination, was reformed on November 4, 1952 into the National Security Agency (NSA).
"Colonel" George Fabyan (March 15, 1867 – May 17, 1936) was an American businessman who founded a private research laboratory. [1] Fabyan's laboratory pioneered modern cryptography and was the forerunner of the NSA. The National Security Agency has recognized Riverbank Laboratories as the birthplace of U.S. cryptology.
The Georgia Cryptologic Center (GCC) or NSA Georgia is a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and Central Security Service (CSS) facility located within Fort Eisenhower, located outside of Augusta, Georgia. The 604,000 sq ft (56,100 m 2) facility opened on March 5, 2012, at a cost of $286 million.
The Central Security Service (CSS) is a combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense which was established in 1972 to integrate the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Service Cryptologic Components (SCC) of the United States Armed Forces in the field of signals intelligence, cryptology, and information assurance at the tactical level. [2]
He assumed the positions of Director of the National Security Agency and Chief of the Central Security Service on 1 August 2005, [2] and the additional duties as Commander United States Cyber Command on 21 May 2010. [3] Alexander announced his retirement on 16 October 2013. [4] His retirement date was 28 March 2014. [5]
The center was established in 1968 as the National SIGINT Watch Center (NSWC) and was renamed into National SIGINT Operations Center (NSOC) in 1973. This "nerve center of the NSA" got its current name in 1996. [4] After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the NSOC's mission was broadened from a watch center to the operations center it is today.
President Harry S. Truman established the National Security Agency in 1952 for the purposes of collecting, processing, and monitoring intelligence data. [18] The existence of NSA was not known to people as the memorandum by President Truman was classified.