NSA now has independence…
now proven by ACTIONS
FIRST SENATE-CONFIRMED NSA IG
FIRST UNCLASS SAR
NSA IG - FINDS NSA HASN'T IMPLEMENTED POST-SNOWDEN SECURITY FIXES
Storch joins the NSA OIG as the first presidentially-appointed watchdog in the agency’s history. Prior inspectors general have been appointed by the director of the NSA, producing a potential conflict of interest for what is intended to be an independent office.
Perhaps most striking, the agency has not properly implemented “two-person access controls” on its data centers and equipment rooms.
Former NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander instituted the two-person access system after contractor Edward Snowden leaked reams of data about agency spy programs in 2013. The general idea is that no employee or contractor can access sensitive information unless another employee approves it.
Those information security weaknesses are described in the unclassified version of the NSA inspector general’s semiannual report to Congress. The inspector general previously only produced a classified version of the report.
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2018/07/nsa-hasnt-implemented-post-snowden-security-fixes-audit-finds/150067/
OVERSIGHT
INTEGRITY
TRANSPARENCY
INDEPENDENCE
Is what this country needs to WIN BIGLY!