Industry urges ramp-up of insider threat info sharing with security clearance changes on the way




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: Big changes to the existing security clearance and vetting system are supposed to be right around the corner. Consistent automated records checks, otherwise known as continuous vetting, will completely replace those periodic re-investigations clearance holders went through once every five years or so. Industry is excited by the coming policy changes. But contractors say they want access to some of that information, especially if it might inform their own insider threat programs. Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to break down the tricky policy, privacy and legal questions that government and industry are debating.