Protect Systems
Advance operating and security standards, resiliency, disaster recovery, testing, change control, and technical accountability.
Serving Technology Professionals Since 1986
Forty years of experience.
A new mission of protection.
NaSPA is evolving again, bringing four decades of technical knowledge, professional development, standards, careers, and industry relationships to the protection of the networks and systems society depends upon.
NaSPA1986 • 2026Experience Put to Work
Our Evolution
The technology changed. Our name changed. Now our mission is evolving too.
NaSPA began in 1986 as the National Systems Programmers Association, serving the specialists who kept large computing environments running. As networking, telecommunications, distributed systems, disaster recovery, security, and other disciplines expanded, NaSPA evolved in 1997 into the Network and Systems Professionals Association.
1986National Systems
Programmers Association
→Programmers Association
1997Network and Systems
Professionals Association
→Professionals Association
NowNetwork and Systems
Protection Association
Protection Association
Today the skills NaSPA professionals have practiced for decades are essential to critical infrastructure and public safety. Operating standards, security standards, change control, disaster recovery, interoperability, testing, accountability, and experienced people all contribute to resilient systems.
NaSPA's next chapter is about putting professional experience to work protecting systems, strengthening careers, and supporting public safety.
The New NaSPA
Professional opportunity and public purpose belong together.
Build Careers
Connect professionals with employers, training, mentoring, writing opportunities, and the experience of other technologists.
Share Knowledge
Preserve NaSPA's technical publications and archives while creating new opportunities for practitioners to teach and publish.
Support Public Safety
Work alongside 911-ICU to apply technical experience to emergency communications, preparedness, reliability, and resiliency.
Careers Matter
Experience should open doors.
NaSPA has helped technology professionals find employment and develop their careers for decades. That work continues through the NaSPA Career Center, connecting employers with technical talent and giving professionals a place to explore their next opportunity.
Someone beginning a technology career should be able to learn from someone who has spent thirty years keeping critical systems running. Someone with thirty years of experience should have a place where that knowledge still matters.
Visit the NaSPA Job SiteCAREERSConnecting technical experience with opportunity.careers.naspa.com
Four Decades of Knowledge
Preserve the past. Build what comes next.
NaSPA's existing resources include Technical Support Magazine, technical archives, software resources, education relationships, and decades of contributions from working professionals.
Technical Support MagazineExplore available issues and the publication legacy.Education & TrainingContinue NaSPA's tradition of career development and professional education.Career CenterFind opportunities or connect your organization with technical professionals.Write & ContributeShare practical experience, technical knowledge, standards, and lessons learned.
A Public Safety Purpose
NaSPA experience meets 911-ICU's mission.
911-ICU is focused on the reliability, resiliency, preparedness, and understanding of emergency communications. NaSPA brings experienced professionals who understand networks, systems, security, standards, telecommunications, and recovery.
Together they create a practical bridge between professional knowledge and public safety.
Continue to 911-ICUNaSPA +911-ICU
Experience. Standards. Preparedness. Protection.
Shared Membership
One Membership. Two Organizations. Four Decades of Knowledge.
Join one community spanning NaSPA and the 911 Invisible Callers Union. Choose the level that fits you today. Your membership follows you across both organizations.
Friend
$1 once
A one-time verification enrollment for people who want to join the community, receive updates, and explore the knowledge resources of NaSPA and 911-ICU.
Why do we verify?
A real community works better when its members are real people.
The $1 verification helps discourage automated, fraudulent, and nuisance registrations. It is not an annual fee.
Become a FriendSupporter
$25/year
The first full paid membership level. Supporter membership helps sustain both organizations and is the $25 threshold for full library access as member access controls are introduced.
One membership opens the door to both knowledge communities.
Become a SupporterAdvocate
$100/year
For members who want to provide stronger support for education, outreach, technical knowledge, public awareness, and resilient emergency communications.
Help carry useful knowledge into another community.
Become an AdvocateChampion
$250/year
For members whose substantial annual support helps preserve technical knowledge, expand educational resources, strengthen outreach, and build future programs.
Help sustain the next chapter of both organizations.
Become a ChampionCorporate Sponsors & Partners
Organizations can help put experience to work.
Corporate sponsorship supports the combined NaSPA and 911-ICU mission while sustaining technical knowledge, career resources, education, mentoring, standards work, public safety initiatives, and meaningful visibility across both organizations where appropriate.
Founding Corporate Sponsor
Supporting NaSPA's renewed mission and the 911-ICU public safety initiative.
Organizations that have supported NaSPA historically include:
and others
Historical recognition does not imply a current sponsorship relationship.
Support the Mission
Participation can take many forms.
Write. Mentor. Hire. Teach. Sponsor. Share experience. Or provide voluntary financial support to help maintain NaSPA's career resources, technical archives, educational work, and public safety mission.
NaSPA is not a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Voluntary support payments are not charitable contributions and should not be considered tax deductible.