"NSA Blocked 10 Billion Connections to Malicious and Suspicious Domains"

The National Security Agency (NSA) recently published its annual report detailing its efforts in cybersecurity and its work with government partners, foreign partners, and defense industrial base (DIB) entities to improve national security.  The NSA announced that its domain security service blocked 10 billion user connections to known malicious or suspicious domains.  The NSA’s cybersecurity efforts mainly focus on protecting national security systems (NSS), which contain classified information or are critical to the US military and intelligence, the Department of Defense (DoD) services and agency networks, and DIB organizations (DoD contractors).  According to the NSA, the no-cost cybersecurity services it offers to DoD contractors have seen a 400% adoption this year, with the number of enrolled organizations surpassing 600.  Small businesses, including organizations with limited resources, represent more than 70% of the current DIB.  In 2023, the NSA released six security products tackling threats to communications, DIB, and information technology sectors.  This year, the NSA noted that it also improved its vulnerability scanning program, which resulted in 1.3 million security defects being flagged, inventoried over 300,000 internet-accessible assets for the participating DIB entities, and issued over 500 partner vulnerability notifications.  

SecurityWeek reports: "NSA Blocked 10 Billion Connections to Malicious and Suspicious Domains"