| ID | 163803 |
| Title Proper | From cold to cyber warriors |
| Other Title Information | the origins and expansion of NSA’s Tailored Access Operations (TAO) to Shadow Brokers |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Loleski, Steven |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | How did the National Security Agency (NSA) adopt the practice of
hacking? This paper explores how NSA confronted the digital age by
focusing on arguably NSA’s key organizational innovation as a microcosm of these broader changes: the Office of Tailored Access Operations
(TAO). This paper develops a pragmatist model of organizational change
showing how the practice of hacking became a practical solution to deal
with the problems posed by a globally networked world through TAO’s
case history. TAO’s aggressive expansion by developing a scalable
Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) architecture was designed to
keep NSA relevant in the twenty-first century |
| `In' analytical Note | Intelligence and National Security Vol. 34, No.1; Jan 2019: p.112-128 |
| Journal Source | Intelligence and National Security Vol: 34 No 1 |
| Key Words | NSA ; Cyber Warriors |