"U.S. National Security Agency" news, interviews, and features

News about U.S. National Security Agency

• US Dept of Justice calls for encryption balance that includes law enforcement needs

  Companies encrypting customer data should weigh the benefits to cybersecurity against needs of law enforcement, officials say

• Opponents focus on defeating CISA cyberthreat info sharing bill

  CISA may be delayed after millions of faxes opposed to the bill are delivered to senators

• ACLU asks court to immediately kill NSA phone snooping

  A court that already found the program illegal should shut it down, instead of allowing it to be phased out, the ACLU says

• Former attorney general calls Snowden deal possible

  But the DOJ's official position on the NSA leaker facing criminal charges hasn't changed

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, July 3

  Windows 10 close to finished... Intel reshuffles leadership... Microsoft, Kyocera strike Android patent licensing deal

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, July 1

  Court says NSA can keep collecting phone records... Vandals cut cables again... Leap second largely trouble-free

Features about U.S. National Security Agency

• Cloud computing 2014: Moving to a zero-trust security model

  Snowden leaks aren't driving companies away from the cloud; but the disclosures have made them a lot more careful

• Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge's ruling, task force report

  Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate