Common Job Duties

• Protect important information from interception, copying, modification, and/or deletion
• Evaluate, analyze, and target weaknesses in cryptographic security systems and algorithms
• Design robust security systems to prevent vulnerabilities
• Develop statistical and mathematical models to analyze data and solve security problems
• Test computational models for reliability and accuracy
• Investigate, research, and test new cryptology theories and applications
• Probe for weaknesses in communication lines (e.g. wireless network, secure telephone, cellphones, email, etc.)
• Ensure message transmission data (e.g. wireless network, secure telephone, cellphones, email, etc.) are not illegally accessed or altered in transit
• Decode cryptic messages and coding systems for military, political and/or law enforcement agencies