Councils

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Council service is open to INSA members in good standing. Simply complete this brief form & our membership team will contact you with next steps. 

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Where Expertise Meets Action.

INSA’s policy councils and subcommittees bring together professionals from government, industry, and academia to address the intelligence and national security community’s most pressing challenges. Councils do not just talk about issues; they help shape them.

As a member, councils offer:

  • Opportunities to shape policies that strengthen the IC's effectiveness and efficiency 
  • Thought leadership through white papers, op-eds, podcasts, and panel discussions
  • Collaboration with peers and government partners in trusted, solution-focused forums
  • Access to government and academic leaders who share challenges, priorities, and opportunities for collaboration

Get Involved!

Council service ensures that INSA members play an active part in advancing policy ideas and solutions that support the U.S. intelligence and national security mission.

Thought Leadership

White Papers & Op-Eds

Cyber Intelligence: Preparing Today's Talents for Tomorrow's Threats

Sep 3, 2015, 00:00 by Christopher Nardozza

Though essential to an organization’s cyber activities, cyber intelligence as a professional discipline is relatively emergent, particularly its unique tradecraft – a blend of technical knowledge (e.g., network operations, communications, and perhaps digital forensics or malware reverse engineering) and classic analytic skills (e.g., hypothesis and alternative testing). Cyber intelligence – assessing an adversary’s capabilities, intentions, and activities in the cyber domain – should support and inform the entirety of an organization’s network operations, including offensive and defensive processes.

 

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Podcasts

Cyber Intelligence: Preparing Today's Talents for Tomorrow's Threats

Sep 3, 2015, 00:00 by Christopher Nardozza

Though essential to an organization’s cyber activities, cyber intelligence as a professional discipline is relatively emergent, particularly its unique tradecraft – a blend of technical knowledge (e.g., network operations, communications, and perhaps digital forensics or malware reverse engineering) and classic analytic skills (e.g., hypothesis and alternative testing). Cyber intelligence – assessing an adversary’s capabilities, intentions, and activities in the cyber domain – should support and inform the entirety of an organization’s network operations, including offensive and defensive processes.

 

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