Bill Evanina

• ODNI warns of ‘human targeting’ in counterintelligence war

  In the latest video installment of the “Know the Risk — Raise Your Shield” campaign, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence makes clear that no job is too low-level for someone looking to target information.

  Cybersecurity

  January 20, 2016
• ODNI responds to cyber hacks with new counterintelligence campaign

  Responding to cyber penetrations into federal IT systems at the Office of Personnel Management and elsewhere, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Wednesday that it was launching a “comprehensive” and governmentwide counterintelligence campaign.

  Cybersecurity

  September 10, 2015
• Bill Evanina, Director, National Counterintelligence and Security Center

  Now that all of the people have been gathered at the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, the work begins on building the same mindset. The new center houses ODNI employees, detailees from 15 agencies and contractors. What are they doing? For answers, we turn to Bill Evanina, the National Counterintellgence Executive (NCIX) and director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. On the Federal Drive, he told Tom Temin how the Center is working to prevent bad actors from getting security clearances, and making sure cleared people don't stay cleared if they no longer qualify.

  Federal Drive

  December 16, 2014
• Social media could become part of security clearance process

  For the past six months, the Director of National Intelligence has been trying to determine whether the government should do Google searches on people who hold security clearances.

  Workforce

  October 27, 2014
• Bill Evanina, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

  The federal government is supposed to thoroughly check on security clearance holders every few years. But there are about five million people who hold clearances. Knowing the system is inadequate to catch people who might steal state secrets or turn violent, the government is moving towards a system in which it continuously evaluates clearance holders. One method is by looking up the person on the Internet. Bill Evanina is the national counterintelligence executive. He tells Emily Kopp how his office is experimenting with using social media to vet clearance holders.

  Federal Drive

  October 27, 2014