In this May 31 Op-Ed published in The Hill, INSA Board Member Isaac Porche describes what is needed to protect our nation's critical infrastructure from cyber attack. To the surprise of many, Russia has not launched large-scale cyber attacks against the United States or its NATO allies since invading Ukraine on Feb. 24. But as Western sanctions begin to bite — Russia’s imports are plumme ...
The following Op-Ed by INSA President Suzanne Wilson Heckenberg and Policy Intern Ali Berman was published on ClearanceJobs.com on Wednesday, October 6: Each year the intelligence community (IC) loses thousands of talented workers to better-paid private sector jobs and often to an onerous security clearance process. Intelligence agencies and the private sector contractors that support them mu ...
In this January 29 Op-Ed published in The Hill, INSA Chairman Letitia A. Long and INSA Vice President of Policy Larry Hanauer, outline key steps the new Director of National Intelligence can take to help revitalize the Intelligence Community. In a strong display of bipartisanship, the Senate confirmed Avril Haines as the director of national intelligence by a vote of 84-10. The broad suppo ...
Val LeTellier | ClearanceJobs | September 29, 2020 Despite having taken place years ago, data breaches affecting the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Anthem Health, Equifax, Yahoo, Marriott, and United Airlines continue to help foreign adversaries recruit insider sources from government agencies, businesses, and universities. Government and industry leaders must act now to fortify their org ...
"In the wake of 2020’s transformative events, U.S. intelligence agencies must challenge longstanding institutional habits and embrace new ways to meet the nation’s strategic challenges," INSA Chairman Tish Long writes in her July 20 Op-Ed in Government Executive. Leading the Intelligence Community After 2020's Upheavals As he settles into his role as Director of National Intelligence, J ...
The process for security clearance reciprocity needs to change In a Dec. 17 Op-Ed, INSA's Security Policy Reform Council Chair Charlie Allen calls on the Acting DNI to address the "burdensome and often redundant security policies and practices that prevent cleared government employees and contractors from moving across federal agencies, a practice commonly referred to as “reciprocity.” This i ...
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.
"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."
INSA President Chuck Alsup joined former acting director of DIA, David Shedd, and former HPSCI chairman, Mike Rogers, in an op-ed published August 22 by Defense News.
