Pentagon considers employees unhappy with US policies a security threat

http://rt.com/usa/pentagon-threat-insider-program-232/

by Titanous • 13 years ago

11 6 13 years ago

I'm curious what kinds of games you can download besides "programmers' games"

tptacek• 13 years ago

Here's RT for you: take the most banal imaginable observation ("disgruntled employees pose security threat") and try to make a front page story out of it.

Herald_MJ• 13 years ago

RT is a hilariously (& obviously) biased news source, and yet seems to pop up on HN quite frequently. Come on guys, let's have some standards in our news providers.

otakucode• 13 years ago

Well, this news story is legit. The training isn't really new though, so I'm guessing they're just digging this up because of recent events enabling them to put some spin on it.

There's a link to the training itself in the article. It's not classified or restricted in any way. Everyone here can take the training themselves. It's actually one of the funniest bit of training I've ever had to take being a contractor working on a govt contract (not with the Pentagon, I don't know why the article mentions the Pentagon and DISA specifically... as far as I know ALL government agencies and contractors have to take this).

The training is very interesting, to me at least (but then again I find almost everything interesting, so I'm not really a good judge). You go into it expecting it to be kinda Orwellian, but they apparently anticipated that. And you'll get dinged if you're TOO strict!

Link to the training: http://iase.disa.mil/eta/cyberchallenge/launchPage.htm

mpyne2• 13 years ago

If it's the "Information Assurance" training then yeah, we pretty much all have to (at least in DoD). I don't think it's been modified for years now though, so it can even seem antiquated in some areas.

mpyne2• 13 years ago

Is this the latest round of "No Shit" headlines?

"News at 11: Happy and content employees considered lower-risk for insider threat than unhappy employees. Stay tuned for the weather!"

Pentagon considers employees unhappy with US policies a security threat

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