The NCF also provides needed support to the National Cryptologic Museum (NCM), the first public museum in the U.S.

The Foundation provides exceptional cryptologic programs, encourages young minds to learn about cryptology and to explore cyber-related career opportunities, hosts educational, cryptology-related exhibits at various community events, and honors the people- past and present-whose contributions to our national security protect and make possible our way of life.

The NCF Mission: Strengthen trust in the digital ecosystem to ensure democracy and freedom in the following ways:Įducate: We educate and engage our citizens to be cyber smart individuals, and we develop pathways for our future cyber and cryptologic workforce.Įngage:We engage and convene partners to address emerging cyber and cryptologic issues.Ĭommemorate:We commemorate our cryptologic history and those who served. David Kahn has done more than any single individual to educate the public, around the world, about the importance of cryptology to international peace and security.The NCF's Vision is to advance the nation’s interest in cyber and cryptology through leadership, education, and partnerships. In 2010, he donated these to the National Cryptologic Museum, where they are now a cornerstone of its collections.Ī journalist, scholar, and author with a career spanning more than half a century, Dr. Kahn accumulated a massive personal library of rare materials. He spoke at many NSA events during his year with the CCH, and during his interactions with employees, hundreds told him they had first gotten into cryptology because of his writings. Kahn served as Scholar-in-Residence at NSA’s Center for Cryptologic History (CCH) in 1993, which resulted in his landmark biography of Herbert Yardley, entitled The Reader of Gentleman’s Mail. Kahn became a prolific author of books and articles on cryptologic history, and was founding editor of the journal Cryptologia.ĭr. It drew on both archival research and interviews with American and European pioneers in the field, and today is essential reading for anyone wanting to know the discipline. Kahn published The Codebreakers, a comprehensive survey of cryptology from Biblical times to the emergence and growth of NSA.

David Kahn has had a major impact in making cryptologic history an academic field of study – and a popular one – more than any single individual has achieved.

The Codebreakers by David Kahn