DOD advisory task force seeking 'new approaches' to CI mission

By Jason Sherman / June 21, 2017 at 5:54 PM
The Defense Department is seeking new ways to strengthen counterintelligence capabilities, looking beyond simply spending more money to defend against "insider" threats and seeking "new approaches" to the challenge of managing massive stores of sensitive data in an age where an individual can, in one fell swoop, make off with a "staggering scale" of state secrets. Acting Pentagon acquisition executive James MacStravic has directed the Defense Science Board to form a "Task Force on Strengthening Counterintelligence Capabilities Against the 'Insider'...

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