National Security

Responsibilities of National Security Administration (NSA)

The NSA is the official United States cryptography agency of the U.S
intelligence community under the Defense Department. Its
responsibilities are:
1. collects and process data concerning foreign adversaries secret
communications through:
Globe monitoring
Decoding information
Data translation
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2. Protects the national communication systems integrity

The NSA has the responsibility of collecting and storing all
phone records of all U.S citizens
Fighting Computer Crimes
 Recognize computer crimes
 Taking some precautions
Computer Crimes
 Computer crimes is any crime performed online or primarily online.
 The criminals target computer devices and networks
They can range from breaches in security to theft of identity
Critical Needs to Fight Computer Crimes
Effectively
1. Combining resources
This is done by first encouraging victims of computer crimes to report
the crimes
Provision of internal crime complaint center
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2. Digital investigators
Officers who conduct investigations concerning cybercrime
Training digital detectives
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3. Finding the Training
Law enforcement officers and other personnel must get training to
become cyber investigators
Private trainers and schools offering cyber investigation training
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4. Take measures to protect ourselves from identity theft
Protection from deception or deception
Never get tricked to give personal data
Always guard your personal information
Protection And Investigation By the U.S Postal
Services of Cases Involving Child Pornography
Postal inspection service has long been leading in arresting and battling
people who exploit children sexually.
They investigate the mail usage in transporting child pornography
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They work hard to prevent children from getting exploited
They investigate the internet platforms exposing children to
pornography
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Partnership with National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
(NCMEC)
Participation into Project Safe Childhood
The Reason Why Department Of Homeland
Security (DHS) Consolidated Federal Offices
The DHS is a federal government with an aim of ensuring public
security.
Its missions are antiterrorism, immigration and customs, boarder
security, cyber security, disaster management and prevention.
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The consolidation of federal offices by DHS essentially impacted the
department:
• Budgetarily
• Operationally
• Culturally
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The original DHS capital region master plan made clear that improved co-
location and consolidation of the headquarters was required to meet
objectives like:
Increase efficiency of the organization
 boost organizational effectiveness
Enhance communication
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Consolidation of DHS into federal offices was led by DHS Secretary
Michael Chertoff
He had the master plan
Broadened the Coast Guard project to include the DHS headquarter
consolidation as well
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