(Federal News Radio) Just because a federal employee or public sector worker doesn’t have a security clearance doesn’t make them less of a foreign intelligence target.
In the latest video installment of the “Know the Risk — Raise Your Shield” campaign, which is backed by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center [under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence] ODNI makes clear that no job is too low-level for someone looking to obtain government or personal information.
“You don’t have to work for the CIA or have access to the most prized information for you to be a target,” said Bill Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, in a statement on the video’s release. “Oftentimes they go for people with access to information that is more germane to their nation’s needs.” . . . . (read more)
VIDEO: Know the Risk – Raise Your Shield: Human Targeting
Office of the Director of National Intelligence