INSA was among six organizations to sign a letter urging Congress to take "concrete actions" toward addressing deficiencies and risks in the security clearance process. The letter was addressed to the leadership of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House Armed Services Committees, respectively.
The Cipher Brief published an INSA op-ed on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, encouraging companies to view measures to mitigate insider threats as a long-term investment in organizational security and brand preservation.
"You must be a technology and you must be a data servant," the principal deputy director of national intelligence told an early-morning audience at INSA's "The New IC" symposium on Thursday, May 17, 2018. "Those who cannot lead in technology will not be great leaders."
"The IC should adapt to generational trends and demands if it is to develop the critical technological skills needed to understand and combat evolving national security threats," write INSA President Chuck Alsup and intern Nathaniel Morra for ClearanceJobs.com.
"The American public has grown increasingly accustomed to the revelation of national security secrets, and leakers are lauded as heroes exposing government abuses," writes INSA senior intelligence adviser Charlie Allen. "In doing so, society marginalizes the detrimental impact to national security."
"The tech, policy, and national security communities need to come together to stop disinformation campaigns," writes longtime INSA Cyber Council member Sam Visner in an op-ed for Defense One published November 29, 2017.
INSA's Serving Your Country in National Security panel discussion "spoke to a diverse audience—ranging from students to seasoned members of the intelligence community," writes Caroline D'Agati for ClearanceJobs.com.
INSA Board of Advisors member Jill Singer called for U.S. government and industry to develop a response to the introduction of "source code inspections," predominantly in Russia and China, in an op-ed published in The Cipher Brief.
The National Security Institute (NSI) at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School has named INSA Chairman Letitia Long, INSA President Chuck Alsup, and former INSA president Ellen McCarthy to its Advisory Board.
INSA Chairman Tish Long appeared on The Bridge, a weekly interview program, to discuss role models in the intelligence community and INSA's public-private approaches to national security challenges.
