Insider Threat Special Report: Snowden’s Impact on Business, Government
The impact that the Snowden revelations had on private businesses is one of the most overlooked stories in the Snowden saga, particularly the impact on […] More
Snowden
Insider Threat Special Report: Edward Snowden’s Access to Secrets
Among the least understood and considered elements of the Edward Snowden saga are the details around what his job was and what data he could […] More
Insider Threat Special Report: Contracting at the NSA
Steven Bay was a contractor with Booz Allen Hamilton for nine years. He was working on an NSA contract in Hawaii when he hired Edward […] More
An Exclusive, Personal Chat with Edward Snowden’s Former Boss
Steven Bay has held his secrets and his struggles close for nearly four years now. Bay was Edward Snowden’s boss in June of 2013 when […] More
The Latest
Insider Threat Special Report: Whistleblowers
Distinguishing between whistleblowers who want to point out and fix problems within the intelligence community and employees who want to damage national security will demand […] More
Insider Threat Special Report: Private Sector Challenges
When defense contractor Harold Martin was charged with the alleged theft of highly classified documents from the National Security Agency (NSA), federal prosecutors deemed the […] More
Insider Threat Special Report: Future Snowdens and Harsh Realities
In the wake of the arrest of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer Aldrich Ames as a spy, then-CIA Chief of Counterintelligence Paul Redmond commented, “There […] More
Obama: “Justice Served” but Manning Decision Angers Security Community
President Barack Obama’s decision on Tuesday to commute the sentence of U.S. Army private Chelsea Manning’s sentence is being met with outrage in the military […] More
Pushing Back on Snowden: A Review of "How America Lost Its Secrets"
Edward Epstein began his career as an investigative journalist while he was still a graduate student at Cornell more than a half century ago, taking […] More
Putin’s Perfect Gift
Noon on January 20th provides an excellent opportunity for Russian President Vladimir Putin to give President-Elect Donald Trump the perfect inauguration gift – Edward Snowden. […] More
Hill Report: NSA Leaker Snowden Maintains Contact with Russian Intel Services
NSA leaker Edward Snowden “has had, and continues to have, contact with Russian intelligence services” since his arrival in Moscow, a declassified report released on […] More
NSA Leaks: How Could This Happen Again?
The filing of a criminal complaint by the U.S. government against a National Security Agency (NSA) contractor has once again raised the harrowing possibility that […] More
"Snowden" Wrongly Portrays the NSA as an Outsized Bogeyman
Edward Snowden is back in the news. Oliver Stone’s sympathetic and conspiracy-heavy biopic landed in theaters this month. Meanwhile, a raft of Snowdenistas are leveraging […] More
The Snowden Movie Does Not Get to the Truth
We still do not know the full Edward Snowden story, and the new Oliver Stone movie about the former NSA contractor makes getting at the […] More
"Snowden" Snow Job
The Cipher Brief asked our network member Mark Kelton, the former CIA Deputy Director of the National Clandestine Service for Counterintelligence, for his impressions of […] More
Insider Cyber Threats: A Pressing Problem Facing Business
There are two different types of insider threat: negligent and malicious. Negligent insiders are people who give attackers access by mistake. For example, the employee […] More
In His Own Words – Snowden's Former Boss Reflects
The controversial new movie “Snowden,” which is provocative director Oliver Stone’s take on NSA leaker Edward Snowden, was released in the United States on Friday. […] More
First on The Cipher Brief: Snowden’s Boss Shares Lessons Learned
The man who was Edward Snowden’s boss when the National Security Agency (NSA) leaker fled the United States is now speaking out about his experiences […] More