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 ...
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White Papers
INSA Paper Examines Impediments to Security Reciprocity, Offers 14 Policy and Process Improvements
Delays caused by inefficiencies in security clearance reciprocity result in the estimated loss of 1,000 contractor-labor years at a cost of approximately $2B to the IC & upwards of $8B to the Federal Government. The latest INSA paper offers steps to improve policy & processes.
Race to 5G Puts U.S. Economic and National Security at Risk, According to New INSA White Paper
In the global race to 5G, it is imperative that U.S. policymakers, wireless carriers, and technology leaders work together to ensure U.S. economic and national security, according to INSA Cyber Council's new white paper.
New INSA Report Examines Use of Publicly Available Electronic Information for Security Determinations, Insider Threat
INSA's Insider Threat Subcommittee has released this report that provides recommendations on how the Director of National Intelligence can work with the Defense Department in order to effectively leverage publicly available electronic information for security clearances and to mitigate insider threats.
A Framework for Cyber Indications and Warning
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.
Managing a Cyber Attack on Critical Infrastructure: Challenges of Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector Collaboration
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.
Op-Eds
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.
INSA President Pens Op-Ed on Five Eyes Pact
The longstanding intelligence sharing pact between the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Canada needs to adapt more quickly to meet rapidly evolving threats, INSA President Chuck Alsup writes in an op-ed for Defense One.
In FedScoop, Charlie Allen Warns of Counterintelligence Risks from OPM Breach
"The data breach of the Office of Personnel Management could affect more than 20 million Americans. Yet the true magnitude of this breach lies in the seemingly infinite ways it has compromised our national security," says Security Policy Reform Council Chair Charlie Allen in a July 2015 op-ed for FedScoop.
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