Publications
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New Cyber Council Paper Advises Private Sector to Strengthen Cybersecurity PostureFebruary 06, 2020
Consolidates key information regarding the risk of nation-state sponsored cyberattacks on the private sector and offers a list of helpful resources organizations can use to strengthen cyber defenses.
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New INSA White Paper Calls for Greater Information Sharing Between Government and IndustryJanuary 16, 2020
Provides an overview of the issue, including the legal challenges associated with information sharing, and offers recommendations that government can take to help mitigate the threat of the malicious insider while still respecting individuals’ privacy.
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Challenges in Handling CUI Can Hurt Industry and GovernmentJanuary 01, 2020
Identifies 9 challenges that the National Archives' Information Security Oversight Office must address during the implementation of the federal Controlled Unclassified Information program.
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Government Employees and Contractors Not Subject to Same Vetting ProcessJanuary 01, 2020
Discovers two critical differences between the Continuous Evaluation processes of contractors and government: consideration of social media and personnel security information sharing.
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Components of Effective Insider Threat ProgramsOctober 10, 2019
Designed to help organizations, no matter their organizational size or budget, create an effective training program to mitigate these risks, as well as standardized terminology to foster meaningful information sharing.
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Categories of Insider ThreatOctober 10, 2019
Broadly characterizes the nature of insider threats facing organizations with common terms, in order to facilitate information-sharing and learning. Until now, no uniform lexicon existed to characterize the different types of insider threats.
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INSA Paper Examines Impediments to Security Reciprocity, Offers 14 Policy and Process ImprovementsJune 26, 2019
Delays caused by inefficiencies in security reciprocity, the process of “passing” a worker’s clearance from one agency to another, result in the estimated loss of 1,000 contractor labor-years at a cost of approximately $2 billion to the Intelligence Community and upwards of $8 billion across the Federal Government each year.
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Race to 5G Puts U.S. Economic and National Security at Risk, According to New INSA White PaperJune 01, 2019
Discusses how Chinese dominance of the market for 5G equipment undermines U.S. economic and national security and calls for incentives to bolster U.S. Information and Communications Technology manufacturing.
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New INSA Report Examines Use of Publicly Available Electronic Information for Security Determinations, Insider ThreatFebruary 07, 2019
As the U.S. government reforms its security clearance process, it must address the use of publicly available electronic information—specifically social media and commercially available databases—for personnel security determinations and insider threat purposes.
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INSA Releases Framework for Cyber Indications & WarningOctober 15, 2018
Proposes an Indications and Warning (I&W) framework that organizations can use to identify the most likely sources of cyber attacks and proactively execute countermeasures against them.