ARLINGTON, VA (October 6, 2020) —The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) today released a white paper, Mitigating Advanced Persistent Insider Threats Fueled by Major Data Breaches, that examines how recent large scale thefts of personal data help America’s adversaries target, exploit, and recruit sources ...
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Just Released: HR and Insider Threat Mitigation White Paper
Arlington, VA (September 25, 2020) — INSA today released a new white paper, Human Resources and Insider Threat Mitigation: A Powerful Pairing that focuses on the importance of integrating Human Resources into an interdisciplinary insider threat monitoring and mitigation approach. The paper finds that adopting a holistic ...
New Paper Examines Impact of COVID on IC Acquisition
According to a new Intelligence Insights paper that examines the impact of COVID-19 on government acquisition processes, the Intelligence Community (IC) lags behind its Department of Defense and civil agency counterparts, resulting in a significant slowdown for new and current acquisition projects. Developed by INSA's Ac ...
Countering Trade-Based Money Laundering Is Focus of New INSA White Paper
(Arlington, VA) May, 7, 2020 -- Calling Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML) a “poorly understood and greatly underappreciated” threat to U.S. National Security, a new Intelligence and National Security (INSA) white paper, Using Intelligence to Combat Trade-Based Money Laundering advocates for the creation of a joint pub ...
New Cyber Council Paper Advises Private Sector to Strengthen Cybersecurity Posture
In a newly released "Intelligence Insights" paper, INSA's Cyber Council consolidates key information regarding the increased risk of nation-state sponsored cyberattacks on the private sector and offers a list of helpful resources organizations can use to strengthen cyber defenses. The paper notes that on January 6, 2020, th ...
New INSA White Paper Calls for Greater Information Sharing Between Government and Industry
(Arlington, VA) January 16, 2020 – In order to strengthen Insider Threat training programs and bolster U.S. national security, a new Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) white paper calls for the government to share basic personnel security information with its partners in the cleared contractor community. ...
Op-Eds
INSA Op-Ed: Major Data Thefts Enable Adversaries to Target Americans
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 univ ...
INSA Op-Ed: Leading the IC After 2020’s Upheavals
"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 Uph ...
INSA Op-Ed Addresses Security Clearance Reciprocity
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 fed ...
INSA Op-Ed: Companies Must Invest to Mitigate Insider Threats
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.
INSA Op-Ed Addresses Bringing Millennials Into the Intelligence Community
"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.
Charlie Allen Op-ed Addresses "Culture of Leaking"
"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."
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