How Snowden Breached the NSA

NOVEMBER 12TH, 2013 - BY: KEVIN BOCEK

How Edward Snowden did it and is your enterprise next?

There’s one secret that’s still lurking at the NSA: How did Edward Snowden breach the world’s most sophisticated IT security organization? This secret has as much to do with the NSA as it does with your organization. In this exclusive infographic, Venafi breaks open how Edward Snowden breached the NSA. Venafi is sharing this information and challenges the NSA or Edward Snowden to provide more information so that enterprises around the world can secure their systems and valuable data.

NSA Director General Keith Alexander summed up well Snowden’s attack: “Snowden betrayed the trust and confidence we had in him.” The attack on trust, the trust that’s established by cryptographic keys and digital certificates, is what left the NSA unable to detect or respond. From SSH keys to self-signed certificates, every enterprise is vulnerable. This exclusive infographic provides you with the analysis needed to understand the breach and how it could impact you and your organization.

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Learn more about how Edward Snowden compromised the NSA.

• Watch The Snowden Breach: Attack Steps & Prevention Webinar
• Read the Blog: Deciphering How Snowden Breached the NSA
• Learn How to Protect Your Organization From Snowden-style Attacks