As part of its observance of 2018’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, INSA proposed 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. ...
This after-action report from an INSA tabletop exercise examines the effectiveness of mechanisms to respond to and recover from a cyber attack on multiple critical infrastructure sectors. Discover the report's findings and recommendations by clicking the button below. ...
A wide array of data analytics methods, tools, and techniques exist to improve the detection and mitigation of insider threats – trusted employees who seek to steal an organization’s data or intellectual property or to harm an organization or its staff. Determining which data analytics methods and software tools are best for an organization, however, depends on the quality and comprehensiveness of data, the clarity of rules, the organization’s risk tolerance, and other factors. This paper prese ...
THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY (IC) offers a wide range of interesting, engaging, and exciting career paths. Whether you choose to work at an intelligence agency as a career civilian or to support the Community through work at a private sector contractor, you will have the chance to serve your country by contributing to U.S. national security. This paper provides some information on the types of intelligence-related opportunities and career paths one can pursue as a civilian in government and ...
Russia’s manipulation of social media during the 2016 presidential campaign has made clear that the United States is particularly vulnerable to foreign influence operations. The INSA Cyber Council outlines how government and industry can proactively mitigate foreign influence operations. ...
The USA PATRIOT Act permits financial institutions to share information with each other and the government only in instances of suspected terrorism and money laundering. This constrains banks' ability to combat other types of financial crime. INSA recommends steps to strengthen information sharing under the Act. ...
In an effort to improve security clearance reciprocity, INSA undertook a study that compiled data from member companies on the movement of contractors with Top Secret (TS) clearances and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access across intelligence agencies. ...
INSA encourages the US Government to partner with financial institutions to establish a unique, public-private CS/IA program. Such a program should include a portal modeled on DIBnet to enable the real-time, secure flow of classified and unclassified cyber threat data between federal and non-federal entities. ...
INSA presents recommendations that the Intelligence Community (IC) can implement within existing authorities to get better results from its professional services contracts. ...
A new INSA white paper that integrates several accepted psychological constructs into a behavioral model that can be adapted for practical use and suggests new tools to mitigate threats from insiders who may intentionally decide to harm their organization or U.S. national security. ...
