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 ...
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White Papers
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. ...
Two New INSA White Papers Published
INSA's Security Policy Reform Council and its Insider Threat Subcommittee just published two new white papers covering relevant and pressing topics facing the IC today. Getting it Right: Establishing Uniform Policies for Controlled Unclassified Information, prepared by INSA's Security Policy Reform Council, identifies ni ...
New Insider Threat Resources Now Available
All organizations are vulnerable to insider threats, whether it is a careless employee unintentionally clicking on a phishing email or a disgruntled staffer revealing classified information to a competitor. However, the harm from these threat actors can be substantial, from shaken consumer confidence to millions of dollars ...
Op-Eds
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."
INSA Contributes to Defense News Op-Ed on Clearance Reform
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.
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