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Suzanne Wilson Heckenberg Selected as INSA President

“Suzanne brings remarkable leadership and management skills and a demonstrated passion for advancing collaborative approaches to pressing national security challenges,” says INSA Chairman Tish Long. “On a personal note, I am thrilled that someone with so much history with our organization and such depth of experience ...

INSA Opens Nominations for 2020 Achievement Awards

INSA has opened up its call for nominations for the 2020 Achievement Awards. Now in its tenth year, the awards recognize outstanding early to mid-career professionals from the homeland security, intelligence, and national security communities, as well as the senior leaders who inspire their success.

INSA Paper Examines Impediments to Security Reciprocity, Offers 14 Policy and Process Improvements

Delays caused by inefficiencies in security clearance reciprocity result in the estimated loss of 1,000 contractor-labor years at a cost of approximately $2B to the IC & upwards of $8B to the Federal Government. The latest INSA paper offers steps to improve policy & processes.

INSA in the News

2019 Intelligence & National Security Summit Recap

On September 4-5, over 1,600 IC professionals attended the 2019 Intelligence & National Security Summit. The program featured five plenaries and nine breakout sessions that examined emerging issues in cybersecurity, technology and innovation, intelligence policy and workforce readiness.

Senate Seeks to Keep Investigations, Clearances Current After a Worker Leaves a Job

A provision in the Senate version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act offers hope to clearance holders that job mobility and true reciprocity—that is, the clean and quick transfer of clearances between agencies—might finally be achieved.

2019 William Oliver Baker Media Coverage

Ahead of the June 14 Baker Award Dinner festivities, General Keith B. Alexander spoke to members of the press on issues such as cybersecurity, intellectual property theft and how the nation can recruit the next generation of public service.