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Permanent Record challenges existing paradigms in the field of cyber-intelligence by exposing the lack of basic security features within the NSA, a leading agency in cyber-intelligence. The book reveals that despite the NSA's advanced capabilities, it lacked elementary security features such as encryption and global backups. This revelation challenges the perception of infallibility and advanced security associated with intelligence agencies, prompting a reevaluation of existing paradigms.
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Snowden took up a new contract job with the NSA in Japan, as a Dell employee on paper. This center was responsible for maintaining the NSA infrastructure across the Pacific and spying on most countries in that region. The NSA was far more advanced than the CIA in terms of Cyber-intelligence. However, it lacked the most elementary security features, including encryption and global backups. Snowden was tasked with building EPICSHELTER, a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery system for the entire NSA. EPICSHELTER could restore all the data collected back to normal, even if Fort Meade went down.
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