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Workforce Risk Doesn't Arrive in One Package Anymore (opens the original)
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Trusted Workforce 2.0 has changed how the government vets its people. The old model of periodic reinvestigation, which was basically "set it and forget it," has given way to continuous vetting. Adjudicators now have to reassess risk as each new alert comes in. The policy is in place, but agencies are still working out how to carry it out day to day. In this episode of ClearedCast, Lindy Kyzer talks with Aarti Smith, CEO of Chainbridge Solutions, about the "continuous vetting gap," the space betw
The Cipher Brief's Brad Christian Previews the Threat Conference's 10th Year (opens the original)
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Lindy Kyzer talks with The Cipher Brief COO Brad Christian ahead of the organization's 10th annual Threat Conference in Sea Island, Georgia. Christian breaks down why the past year has been the most complicated yet — from AI's expanding role in intelligence and autonomous weapons, to a new national cybersecurity strategy, the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, and the rise of "gray warfare" targeting the U.S. homeland. He also shares what makes the invite-only conference unique: 250 attendee
ClearanceJobs Connect 2026: What’s on the Agenda in Reston (opens the original)
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What began in 2021 as a first-of-its-kind gathering for recruiters in the national security space has quickly become a fixture on the cleared-talent calendar. The inaugural ClearanceJobs Connect brought government and industry leaders together to discuss candidate scarcity, employer branding, recruiter burnout and the emerging Trusted Workforce 2.0 framework. By 2022, attendance had nearly tripled to more than 200 people, and the event had added distinct afternoon tracks for recruiting and secur
You Don’t Have to Fit in a Box to Have a Career in National Security (opens the original)
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There’s an idea that some people have about the cleared space: if you want to work in national security, you’re supposed to fit into a certain box. There’s a traditional path. A traditional résumé. A certain kind of background that makes you look like you “belong” in the room. After our recent conversation with Jessie Levin from the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum (DEF) on the Security Clearance Careers Podcast , we walked away thinking we need to throw that box out entirely. Because national securi
Modernizing SCI Access: Why Security Clearance Technology Can't Wait (opens the original)
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This episode of Security Clearance Insecurity covers a timely issue facing the cleared workforce. Lindy Kyzer talks with Mike Flanders, founder of SudoTouch, about the technology gap slowing SCI nomination processing and how automation can help security offices keep pace with Trusted Workforce 2.0's shift to continuous vetting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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