Insider threat programs must find the right ‘trust but verify’ balance

From: FederalNewsRadio.com 1500 AM

By Jason Miller

The National Security Agency is implementing 42 different “fixes” to combat the insider threat in the wake of Edward Snowden stealing millions of documents and releasing them to the press.

Retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander, who recently left as head of NSA, said these changes are evenly made up of technology, people and policy fixes to ensure data isn’t compromised.

The State Department no longer lets employees use thumb drives and similar devices. It also disabled the ability of computers to write on CD-ROMs and removed any chance that classified data can be easily taken on removable media.

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