Councils

Join A Council!

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

Apply to Join! 

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

Mitigating Advanced Persistent Insider Threats

Oct 6, 2020, 00:00 by Christopher Nardozza
Examines how large scale thefts of personal data help America’s adversaries target, exploit, and recruit sources inside government agencies, businesses, and universities.

ARLINGTON, VA (October 6, 2020) —The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) today released a white paper, Mitigating Advanced Persistent Insider Threats Fueled by Major Data Breaches, that examines how recent large scale thefts of personal data help America’s adversaries target, exploit, and recruit sources inside government agencies, businesses, and universities.

Developed by INSA's Insider Threat Subcommittee, the paper provides an overview of major data breaches in the past five years, including the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Anthem Health, Equifax, Yahoo, Marriott, United Airlines and multiple online dating sites – among many others – and how this stolen information, combined with advanced targeting capabilities, provides our adversaries with a far more comprehensive picture of those trusted by our government and its outside partners than ever before.

Mitigating Advanced Persistent Insider Threats Fueled by Major Data Breaches offers a number of recommendations for risk managers across the public and private sector to immediately implement to fortify their operations, including putting proactive measures into place, taking the time to get to know employees, employing risk-based decision-making, and embracing a whole person/whole threat approach.


Related Resources 

Human Resources and Insider Threat Mitigation: A Powerful Pairing 

 

Major Data Thefts Enable Adversaries to Target Americans (INSA Op-Ed, ClearanceJobs)
Podcasts

Mitigating Advanced Persistent Insider Threats

Oct 6, 2020, 00:00 by Christopher Nardozza
Examines how large scale thefts of personal data help America’s adversaries target, exploit, and recruit sources inside government agencies, businesses, and universities.

ARLINGTON, VA (October 6, 2020) —The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) today released a white paper, Mitigating Advanced Persistent Insider Threats Fueled by Major Data Breaches, that examines how recent large scale thefts of personal data help America’s adversaries target, exploit, and recruit sources inside government agencies, businesses, and universities.

Developed by INSA's Insider Threat Subcommittee, the paper provides an overview of major data breaches in the past five years, including the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Anthem Health, Equifax, Yahoo, Marriott, United Airlines and multiple online dating sites – among many others – and how this stolen information, combined with advanced targeting capabilities, provides our adversaries with a far more comprehensive picture of those trusted by our government and its outside partners than ever before.

Mitigating Advanced Persistent Insider Threats Fueled by Major Data Breaches offers a number of recommendations for risk managers across the public and private sector to immediately implement to fortify their operations, including putting proactive measures into place, taking the time to get to know employees, employing risk-based decision-making, and embracing a whole person/whole threat approach.


Related Resources 

Human Resources and Insider Threat Mitigation: A Powerful Pairing 

 

Major Data Thefts Enable Adversaries to Target Americans (INSA Op-Ed, ClearanceJobs)