Security Clearance Reform: Keeping the Pedal to the Metal

07.08.2019 Peggy O'Connor Continuous evaluation, Department of Defense, Intelligence, National Security, security clearance, Security Policy Reform, Security Policy Reform Council, The Chertoff Group, Workforce 0

Under a new Executive Order, the security clearance process will now be conducted through the Department of Defense. It’s an important step forward in reforming the outmoded and cumbersome security clearance process. But it’s not a panacea says Chertoff Group Principal and INSA Senior Intelligence Advisor Charles Allen, INSA President Chuck Alsup and INSA Advisory Board member Adam Lurie. On a recent episode of The Chertoff Group's Insights & Intelligence podcast with Katy Montgomery, they asserted that we must redefine what a clear and trusted worker is through a process of continuous evaluation and vetting.