Security, NSA-Style

From breaking codes to collecting intelligence on terrorist organizations, the National Security Agency (NSA) is paid to be really paranoid. However, us mere mortals can still benefit from their recommendations on how to configure all kinds of operating systems, browsers, routers and the like. In NSA’s words, “this guidance can be used by US government and other entities as a security baseline.” Secure indeed.

NSA initiatives in enhancing software security cover both proprietary and open source software, and NSA has successfully used both proprietary and open source models in their research activities. NSA’s work to enhance the security of software is motivated by one simple consideration: use resources as efficiently as possible to give NSA’s customers the best possible security options in the most widely employed products. The objective of the NSA research program is to develop technologic advances that can be shared with the software development community through a variety of transfer mechanisms. NSA does not favor or promote any specific software product or business model. Rather, NSA is promoting enhanced security.

Visit the NSA National Security Center to browse through their collected wisdom…

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