The NRO Looks Down to Look Up
The organization tasked with deploying and maintaining orbital reconnaissance assets is working on improving its ground architecture to keep those space-based capabilities relevant amid a changing...
View ArticleTime Will Tell in Geospatial Intelligence
The agency tasked with generating geospatial intelligence will be relying significantly on new commercial satellites that will increase the richness of the intelligence it provides its customers.
View ArticleIntelligence Community Strives for Common Research Efforts
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence is matching the technology needs of the intelligence community to the capabilities of the private sector with the goal of speeding innovation to...
View ArticleSiri, Uncle SAM Needs You
Researchers from the United States and the United Kingdom aim to identify inconsistencies between the data provided by intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies and the understanding...
View ArticlePresident's Commentary: Bringing Intelligence Together
Today’s intelligence community is facing new challenges. That in and of itself is not new; the community has been evolving for decades. What is new is both the changing nature of the threat and the...
View ArticleNSA’s Biggest Fans Are Young Americans
Guest blogger Lewis Shepherd says poll results can be surprising, especially when it comes to young people's views on the U.S. intelligence community.
View ArticleThe Bottom Line: Information is Power; Sharing Makes It Powerful
Today more than ever before, it’s all about information. But, it turns out that Sneakers script writers only scratched the surface.
View ArticleWith IC 'Swimming in Sensors and Drowning in Data,' Analysts Seek Big Data...
The U.S. intelligence community's leading edge in the information-age technology race, particularly in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance domain, has put the Defense Department at a...
View ArticleIntelligence and the Iranian Framework
Guest blogger Bill Nolte discusses how attention will shift to verification when and if the Iranian nuclear framework becomes an agreement, marking a major challenge for U.S. intelligence.
View Article'Skip Echelon' Thinking and Innovation for Cybersecurity
It will take many actions to secure cyberspace against intruders, and they must be implemented across the entire realm by all participants.
View ArticleAI or Not AI?
Does artificial intelligence (AI) pose a threat to the human race, as many notable technologists recently have suggested? And what should be its role in the intelligence community?
View ArticleIs Government Working Hard Enough to Keep Its Share of the Best Cyber and...
The advanced skill sets of intelligence and cyber professionals now are applicable across the spectrum of the business world. Government risks losing this valuable group of people unless it changes its...
View ArticleThe Twitter Hare Versus the Government Turtle
The intelligence community must find a way to work with the private sector, or it risks falling dangerously behind in the key technologies that are reshaping society.
View ArticleEnduring Traditions or Sacred Cows?
The intelligence community needs to change with the times—nothing unusual about that. But, what does it hold onto and where does it let go? The process for determining these choices is as important as...
View ArticleNSA's Open Source Software Releases Expected to Surge
The National Security Agency’s recently established GitHub presence could become a focal point for releasing new technologies into the open source community.
View ArticleWhere to Focus First After the OPM Breach
The OPM breach should serve as a wake-up call for the government to take specific measures to protect its most valuable assets—its people and their information.
View ArticleIntel Community to Tackle State of Cybersecurity at Fall Summit
Cyber intelligence is the emerging buzz term as the United States works to fend off not just attacks by criminals and nation-state hackers, but terrorists calling for an electronic jihad. The state of...
View Article'Delete' Seems to be the Hardest Word
Is it possible to reliably delete data from commercial mobile devices? Guest blogger Justin Marston delves into the quandary that makes it difficult for the intelligence community to turn to the...
View ArticleTwo Events, Many Questions
Two headline dominating events—the Iranian nuclear accord and the Chattanooga shootings—have significant implications for the public debate about U.S. intelligence.
View ArticleMaybe It Is All About Cyber Education and Training
Cyber training must include helping build high-level leaders who can pave the way into the cybersecurity future.
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