Women have played a central role in the intelligence community since it’s foundation, but for a long time those stories were untold, and hidden by more than just a shadow of secrecy and security policy.…
April 26, 2024
Your favorite national security pop culture talk is back with Eric Pecinovsky, vice president of marketing at ClearanceJobs and resident documentary expert. He discusses the 2017 documentary Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, now streaming on…
April 13, 2024
National security compensation is increasing, according to the results of the 2024 Security Clearance Compensation Report. ClearanceJobs senior editor Jill Hamilton joins the show to discuss the survey and the current trends in cleared compensation.…
March 23, 2024
Supply chain security is a term that is often discussed but rarely understood. Many definitions of supply chain are still centered on a logistics and physical infrastructure focused definition. Theresa Campobasso, Senior Vice President of…
March 8, 2024
As we gear up for another election cycle, the ‘deep state divide’ remains a divisive topic, and disinformation continues to threaten the spread of accurate information about issues at home and abroad. For women in…
February 23, 2024
Selling and delivering solutions to the federal government takes a different approach than the typical sales cycle. Commercial sector companies sometimes find success in bringing a product or solution to the federal government, but then…
February 16, 2024
The security clearance is by nature intrusive – and dredges up a number of details that would never see the light of day in a traditional employment process. How can the government work to ensure…
February 9, 2024
The security clearance process has been on and off the Government Accountability Office (GAO) high risk list for several years. The GAO high risk list flags programs ‘vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement, or…
February 3, 2024
Punk and innovation – a match made in the mosh pit? Dan Ward, a retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and author of the recently released Punk: Prompts and Provocations for Authentic Innovations discusses the…
January 19, 2024
Operating under Continuing Resolutions is no longer the exception – it’s the norm. But what happens to innovation in the defense industry when the budget process becomes an annual race to the fiscal cliff? Jane…
January 1, 2024
While it’s easier to see women at work across national security, the overall numbers still point toward a community that struggles to both attract and advance women in critical national security roles. #NatSecGirlSquad is a…
December 15, 2023
The security clearance marketplace continues to grow more challenging for recruiters and hiring managers. Unfortunately, 2024 looks to be more of the same, with heavy competition for cleared candidates and national security professionals. Evan Lesser,…
December 4, 2023
Who are the ‘customers’ who are a part of the security clearance process? And does the government consider the stakeholders involved in the security clearance process in a way that could improve the security vetting…
November 20, 2023
Ana Montes spied on behalf of communist Cuba for 17 years. A new book by former FBI agent Peter Lapp discusses how Montes was able to carry out as a dangerous insider for nearly two…
November 5, 2023
