Information Assurance Directorate
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The Information Assurance Directorate is a division of the U.S. National Security Agency responsible for securing and protecting national security information systems and communications.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IAB Security Directorate | 1 |
| Information Assurance Directorate canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T604576 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Information Assurance Directorate Context triple: [National Security Agency, subOrganization, Information Assurance Directorate]
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A.
Defense Information Systems Agency
The Defense Information Systems Agency is a United States Department of Defense combat support agency responsible for providing, operating, and securing global command, control, communications, and information technology infrastructure for military and national leaders.
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B.
Infrastructure Security Division
The Infrastructure Security Division is a component of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency responsible for protecting and enhancing the resilience of the nation’s critical physical infrastructure.
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C.
Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis
The Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security component that provides integrated cyber and physical infrastructure risk analysis to support national security and resilience efforts.
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D.
Office of SIGINT Operations
The Office of SIGINT Operations is a specialized unit responsible for managing and conducting signals intelligence activities within the Directorate of Science and Technology.
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E.
Cybersecurity Division
The Cybersecurity Division is a key operational branch of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency responsible for protecting federal networks and critical infrastructure from cyber threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Information Assurance Directorate Target entity description: The Information Assurance Directorate is a division of the U.S. National Security Agency responsible for securing and protecting national security information systems and communications.
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A.
Defense Information Systems Agency
The Defense Information Systems Agency is a United States Department of Defense combat support agency responsible for providing, operating, and securing global command, control, communications, and information technology infrastructure for military and national leaders.
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B.
Infrastructure Security Division
The Infrastructure Security Division is a component of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency responsible for protecting and enhancing the resilience of the nation’s critical physical infrastructure.
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C.
Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis
The Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security component that provides integrated cyber and physical infrastructure risk analysis to support national security and resilience efforts.
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D.
Office of SIGINT Operations
The Office of SIGINT Operations is a specialized unit responsible for managing and conducting signals intelligence activities within the Directorate of Science and Technology.
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E.
Cybersecurity Division
The Cybersecurity Division is a key operational branch of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency responsible for protecting federal networks and critical infrastructure from cyber threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
directorate
ⓘ
division of the National Security Agency ⓘ organizational unit ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| field |
communications security
ⓘ
cybersecurity ⓘ information assurance ⓘ information security ⓘ signals intelligence support ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
availability of national security information systems
ⓘ
confidentiality of national security information ⓘ integrity of national security information ⓘ resilience of U.S. government communications networks ⓘ |
| goal |
to ensure secure communications for U.S. government and military users
ⓘ
to mitigate cyber threats to U.S. national security systems ⓘ to prevent unauthorized access to national security information ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Fort Meade, Maryland ⓘ |
| industry |
defense
ⓘ
national security ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| locatedIn | Fort Meade, Maryland ⓘ |
| mission |
to provide information assurance solutions for U.S. national security systems
ⓘ
to secure and protect national security information systems and communications ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
National Security Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Security Agency
|
| parentOrganization | National Security Agency ⓘ |
| partOf | National Security Agency ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
cryptographic standards for national security systems
ⓘ
development of information assurance policies ⓘ guidance on secure communications for U.S. government agencies ⓘ information assurance for national security systems ⓘ protecting U.S. government communications ⓘ protecting classified U.S. government information in transit ⓘ securing national security information systems ⓘ supporting military information systems security ⓘ |
| scope |
classified U.S. government communications
ⓘ
national security systems ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| subsidiaryOf | National Security Agency ⓘ |
| typeOfSecurity |
defensive cyber operations
ⓘ
information assurance for national security systems ⓘ |
| uses |
cryptography
ⓘ
network security technologies ⓘ secure communications protocols ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Department of Defense
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Defense
United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Intelligence Community
other U.S. federal agencies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Information Assurance Directorate Description of subject: The Information Assurance Directorate is a division of the U.S. National Security Agency responsible for securing and protecting national security information systems and communications.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IAB Security Directorate