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Subject: [ISN] FBI Threat Intelligence Cyber-Analysts Still Marginalized In Agency
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2015-03-26 9:48:23
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By Sara Peters
Dark Reading
3/25/2015
Despite good progress, 9/11 Review Commission says that analysts could
have a greater impact on FBI counter-terrorism activities if they had more
domain awareness, forensics capabilities, and were more empowered to
question agents.
FBI threat intelligence analysts, a position created post-9/11, have
proven their worth to counter-terror operations, but their impact has been
limited by a lack of domain awareness, insufficient computing technology,
and a lack of status within the Bureau, according to a report released
today by the FBI 9/11 Review Commission. While the analysts are providing
agents with tactical input, they are not yet participating in any
strategic way.
Part of the intelligence analysts' job description, as described by
FBIAgentEdu.org, is cyber-forensics and cyber-surveillance --
investigating computer evidence at crime scenes, retrieving information
secured on info systems, and using linguistic and decryption technologies
to decipher high-priority intel.
The Commission credits the Bureau with making a lot of progress to this
point. Ten years ago, the FBI changed its focus, "re-aligned its
intelligence and law enforcement missions and re-invented itself into a
threat-based organization." This includes threats to critical
infrastructure -- both physical and logical components, and the control
systems that combine the two.
[...]
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