Director, National Security Agency

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The Director of the National Security Agency is the senior U.S. intelligence and military official who leads the NSA’s signals intelligence and cybersecurity operations and often concurrently serves as the head of U.S. Cyber Command.

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Director, National Security Agency canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government position ⓘ
intelligence agency director role ⓘ
advises Director of National Intelligence ⓘ
appointedBy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
coordinatesWith allied foreign signals intelligence agencies ⓘ
other U.S. intelligence agencies ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy National Security Council Intelligence Directive No. 9 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1952 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation DIRNSA ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver NSA civilian workforce ⓘ
NSA military personnel ⓘ
headOf National Security Agency ⓘ
locatedAt NSA headquarters, Fort Meade, Maryland ⓘ
memberOf United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
mustComplyWith Executive Order 12333 ⓘ
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ
oftenAlsoHoldsPosition Chief, Central Security Service ⓘ
Commander, United States Cyber Command ⓘ
oversees U.S. government cybersecurity defense for national security systems ⓘ
U.S. signals intelligence collection ⓘ
signals intelligence support to U.S. military operations ⓘ
signals intelligence support to U.S. policymakers ⓘ
participatesIn United States national security policy process ⓘ
partOf United States Department of Defense ⓘ
rankRequirement four-star flag officer ⓘ
reportsTo Secretary of Defense ⓘ
requires commissioned officer in the U.S. Armed Forces ⓘ
responsibleFor cryptologic activities ⓘ
cybersecurity operations ⓘ
developing cryptographic standards for national security systems ⓘ
information assurance programs ⓘ
protecting U.S. national security information systems ⓘ
signals intelligence operations ⓘ
roleInPeacetime conducts cybersecurity and information assurance activities ⓘ
conducts foreign signals intelligence collection ⓘ
roleInWartime provides cryptologic support to combatant commanders ⓘ
securityClearanceRequirement Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information ⓘ
strategicObjective defend U.S. critical information infrastructure ⓘ
support U.S. national security and foreign policy decision-making ⓘ
subjectTo U.S. law and executive orders governing intelligence activities ⓘ
termLength not fixed by statute ⓘ
typicalRank four-star admiral ⓘ
four-star general ⓘ
worksWith Department of Homeland Security on cybersecurity matters ⓘ
National Security Council ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Department of Defense position → hasPart → Director, National Security Agency ⓘ
Naval Security Group → subordinateTo → Director, National Security Agency ⓘ