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Is the CIA Ready for the Age of Cyberwar?
Behind the most sweeping reforms in the agency’s history—and their limits
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The Next President’s Headaches, According to America’s Top Spy
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper discusses emerging challenges in U.S.-Russian relations, cybersecurity, and how his office views North Korea’s nuclear program.
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How One Intelligence Agency Is Opening Up to Startups
A invitation from the Pentagon's mapping arm could be the first of more outreach to early-stage private-sector companies.
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The US Needs One Cyber Defense Agency—Not Three, a Top NSA Official Says
With the job divided between NSA, FBI, and DHS, 'we need to rethink how we do cyber defense as a nation.'
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Got Something to Sell to the Pentagon? It's About to Get Easier
A new office just opened to help the Defense Department's high-tech agency buy more easily from first-time sellers.
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The Pentagon's Mapmakers Want to Offer Customers an Amazon-Like Experience
A National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency directorate is seeking better ways to custom-tailor geospatial information products.
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The CIA Says It Can Predict Social Unrest as Early as 3 to 5 Days Out
The reason: a dramatic improvement in analytics, cloud computing and ‘deep learning.’
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What to Do About Zero-Day Hacks? Try A Middle Road
A system of government incentives will keep us safer than trying to buy up all newly discovered vulnerabilities, or outlawing their sale.
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The Man in Charge of Stopping the Next Snowden
Moving past the summer of 2013 has proven difficult for the intelligence community.
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A Peek into French Signals Intelligence
France’s former top SIGINT spy confirms an advanced persistent threat and muses about a merger with German intelligence.
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The NSA Is Using Bomb-Defusing Software to Grow the Next Generation of Analysts
This year’s codebreaking contest has a twist: the college teams must remotely locate and neutralize a roadside bomb.
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Will NSA and CyberCom Split?
This isn’t the first time officials have considered dividing the agencies’ leadership or even putting civilians in charge.
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One of America's Spy Agencies Will Test Sentiment Analysis to Help Sniff Out Insider Threats
If the one-year pilot program is successful, a ‘full and open competition’ could follow to broaden the software’s use inside the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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There’s a Big Loophole in the Pentagon’s Guide to Eavesdropping
The new rules reflect a shift in intel-gathering from phone-tapping to capturing conversations on the internet.
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Trump is Wrong About the Intelligence Community
Presidential candidates should refrain from uninformed and baseless claims that only undermine intelligence professionals.
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Why So Many Foreign Fighters Flock to ISIS
A look at the factors that motivate people to leave home and join faraway wars.
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Trump’s Plea to Russian Hackers Foreshadows a Dangerous Stance on NSA Surveillance
His call out to Russian hackers validates the worst suspicions of security-state critics.
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Pentagon Wants to Automate Social-Media Checks on Clearance Holders
The program would analyze public posts to help determine an employee's suitability for Defense Intelligence Agency classified work.
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OPM Updates Data Breach Information Website
The Office of Personnel Management has updated its website on the historic 2015 background check cybersecurity breach to make it easier for those affected to access information about the incident.
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