TALE OF THE TAPE

Tale of the TapeKey tape has been a part of NSA communications security (COMSEC, now InformationAssurance) for decades. The key tape era is now passing as the Information AssuranceDirectorate (IAD) moves toward electronic means of key distribution and the last of theunique rolls of Paper-Mylar-Paper-tape leave the Cryptographic Assurance Operations(I31) production line. A mainstay through the years, key tape has provided cryptologickey to a diverse set of communications systems such as GOLDWINE,...