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[Cfrg] NSA re-org and its impact

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Tue, 02 February 2016 20:14 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
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I try to stay out of national crypto politics here, but I think many on these lists (both big, please be careful about replying) will care.

The NSA is re-organizing to merge its signals intelligence (attack) and information assurance (protect) into one unit.  The NSA is, by US Law, the official advisor to NIST on cryptography. NIST has a pretty admirable track record of crypto (exceptions being mostly when they were misled by their official expert). Things may change now.  Or not.  YMMV.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-agency-plans-major-reorganization/2016/02/02/2a66555e-c960-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_story.html<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-agency-plans-major-reorganization/2016/02/02/2a66555e-c960-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory>

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