National Security Agency

Richard Schaeffer Information Assurance Director Sept. 3, 2009

We talk with Richard Schaeffer, the information assurance director at the National Security Agency.

He discusses the difference between IA and cybersecurity and how they relate; how the NSA works with industry and other federal agencies to improve the security profile of IT products; and how to recruit and retain talent in the cyber area during a period of high competition for such people.

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