Lesson plan
Intelligence cycle security
National intelligence programs, and, by extension, the overall defenses of nations, are vulnerable to attack. It is the role of intelligence cycle security to protect the process embodied in the intelligence cycle, and that which it defends. A number of disciplines go into protecting the intelligence cycle. One of the challenges is there are a wide range of potential threats, so threat assessment, if complete, is a complex task. Governments try to protect three things: *Their intelligence personnel *Their intelligence facilities and resources *Their intelligence operations Defending the overall intelligence program, at a minimum, means taking actions to counter the major disciplines of intelligence collection techniques: *Human Intelligence (HUMINT) *Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) *Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) *Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) *Technical Intelligence (TECHINT) *Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) To these are added at least one complementary discipline, counterintelligence (CI) which, besides defending the six above, can itself produce positive intelligence. Much, but not all, of what it produces is from special cases of HUMINT.…
Article summary
National intelligence programs, and, by extension, the overall defenses of nations, are vulnerable to attack. It is the role of intelligence cycle security to protect the process embodied in the intelligence cycle, and that which it defends. A number of disciplines go into protecting the intelligence cycle. One of the challenges is there are a wide range of potential threats, so threat assessment, if complete, is a complex task. Governments try to protect three things: *Their intelligence personnel *Their intelligence facilities and resources *Their intelligence operations Defending the overall intelligence program, at a minimum, means taking actions to counter the major disciplines of intelligence collection techniques: *Human Intelligence (HUMINT) *Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) *Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) *Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) *Technical Intelligence (TECHINT) *Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) To these are added at least one complementary discipline, counterintelligence (CI) which, besides defending the six above, can itself produce positive intelligence. Much, but not all, of what it produces is from special cases of HUMINT.…
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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