US Counterintelligence: The Big Picture of Subversion in the United States
Kane S. VanVuren
“The unfailing application of proactive, effective security capabilities is crucial to protect sensitive US information and assets from foreign adversaries.â€
Strategy Concerning Insider Threats
The evolution of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) from the former Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX) highlights the importance of both Counterintelligence and security as a single imperative under the national policy. The NCSC Strategic Plan points out that their “overarching theme†is the “integration of CI and security activities because the solutions to countering adversarial threats often lie at the intersection of the CI and security disciplines†(2018). Indeed, while counterintelligence threats can come in many forms, likewise, insider threats now have many vectors in which to access sensitive information. The 2016 National Counterintelligence Strategy notes that efforts by the US to modernize and adapt to changing economic, technological, and cultural environments have also led to openings in which foreign entities can "expand their scope of the collection†against the US Government. In this case, while the US government still classifies FIE’s (Foreign Intelligence Entities) and insider threats as different, they could easily be merged. History has shown that a large portion of insider threats are from, or influenced by, state and non-state entities, as well as the usual suspects like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.
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