National Security Agency (NSA) Collection

NSA Technical Journals

Background From April of 1956, to the Fall of 1980, the NSA published the "NSA Technical Journal" which contained articles…

February 28, 2015

History Today

The following editions of the NSA publication "History Today" have been released by the NSA.  Simply click on the date…

February 28, 2015

NSA Newsletters

The following are the official NSA newsletters that have been released to date to The Black Vault.  Simply click on…

February 28, 2015

Communicator – NSA’s Employee Publication

The following are the declassified issues of the Communicator - NSA's Employee Publication. Just click on the corresponding issue to…

February 28, 2015

Cryptolog Issues – National Security Agency (NSA) Publication

Background The National Security Agency released all 136 issues of one of its longest-lived technical publications, Cryptolog. This released collection…

February 28, 2015

NSA 60th Anniversary Book

(Published in 2012) - Established on Nov. 4, 1952, this year the National Security Agency celebrates 60 years of service…

February 28, 2015

VUPEN / NSA Contracts

In September of 2013, news surfaced that the National Security Agency (NSA) entered a one year contract with the French…

February 28, 2015

Cryptanalysis

The goal of cryptanalysis is to find some weakness or insecurity in a cryptographic scheme, thus permitting its subversion or…

February 24, 2015

Cryptologic Quarterly Articles

The following are documents from the Cryptologic Quarterly, declassified by the NSA. Disclaimer John H. Tiltman: A Reminiscence - Summer/Fall…

February 24, 2015

Venona Project

The Venona project was a long-running and highly secret collaboration between intelligence agencies of the United States and United Kingdom…

February 24, 2015