NSA's The Next Wave

The Next Wave (TNW) is a journal dedicated to exploring research and technological advancements within the National Security Agency (NSA). Initially launched in 1992 as an internal employee newsletter named Tech Trend Notes, TNW transitioned into a public publication in 2004 due to increased readership and external demand. GovInfo hosts more than 25 of these digital publications dating back to 2008. Each edition discusses a multitude of technological topics, ranging from cybersecurity to machine learning. TNW is intended to strengthen relationships with federal labs, industry, academia, and the public by presenting high quality and peer reviewed research. Check out some highlighted issues and articles.

Vol. 25, No. 1, 2024: Cyber Analytics Research

• Cybersecurity Anomaly Detection Using Graph Vertex Degree Assortativity
• A Federated Machine-Learning Paradigm for Scalable Cyber Threat Detection
• AI/ML Anomaly Detection Analytics for Wireless Internet of Things Systems
• Malware Bytes
• YELLOWTIGER: Exploring the Future of Binary File Analysis

Vol. 24, No. 1, 2023: Next-Generation Hardware for Communications and Sensors

• The Road Less Traveled: Eliminating Bottlenecks in High-Performance Computing Networking
• Next-Generation Radio-Frequency Monitoring in Secure Environments
• Additive Manufacturing of Electronic Circuits for Novel Applications

Vol. 23, No. 2, 2022: Next-Generation Hardware for High-Performance Computing

• Beyond Silicon: Novel Materials Heterostructures for Future High Performance Computing
• The Ising Machine—A Probabilistic Processing-in-Memory Computer
• Cacheless Computer Architectures: 3D Integration of Optical Interconnects and Novel Memory

• Learn more about technological advancements on NSA's Research Website.
• NSA researchers also publish in other journals, conference proceedings, and books. Visit Featured Publications by NSA Researchers to explore their contributions.