Imperial Security Agency

The Imperial Security Agency (ISA) is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the Drakon Imperium Ministry of War responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting D.I. government communications and information systems, which involves cryptanalysis and cryptography.

NSA is a key component of the D.I. Intelligence Community, which is headed by the First Minister of Imperial Intelligence.

By law, ISA's intelligence gathering is limited to foreign communications.

Organization
The Imperial Security Agency is divided into two major missions: the Signals Intelligence Division (SID), which produces foreign signals intelligence information, and the Information Assurance Division (IAD), which protects D.I. information systems.

Role
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cray_X-MP.jpg ]ISA's eavesdropping mission includes broadcasting, both from various organizations and individuals, the cybernet (Internet), and other intercepted forms of communication. Its secure communications mission includes military, diplomatic, and all other sensitive, confidential or secret government communications.

Because of its listening task, ISA has been heavily involved in cryptanalytic research.

Facilities
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:National_Security_Agency_headquarters,_Fort_Meade,_Maryland.jpg ]Headquarters for the Imperial Security Agency is at the Citadel of Shadows. The scale of the operations at the NSA is hard to determine from unclassified data. Its secure government communications work has involved the ISA in numerous technology areas, including the design of specialized communications hardware and software. The agency contracts with the private sector in the fields of research and equipment.