Spy agencies to open communications to entire intelligence community
Knitting databases of this nature together is very much in line with the theme of “dare to share”, as opposed to previous policies of “share if you must”. This new willingness to share has to be treated with caution however — strong and robust sharing policies, backed by technological controls will be required to prevent problems caused by increased classification of data caused by aggregation.
This is an area Nexor is undertaking detailed research in — how do you maintain original security labels on documents, where labels are not supported in the native document formats, as the document traverses networks with heterogeneous software implementations.
Nexor has made a significant contribution to a research project being carried out by Loughborough University Business School. The research into how knowledge is transferred within different Service Support settings involved close observation of Nexor’s expert technicians as they went about resolving service incidents over a period of time. The visiting researcher was impressed by the technical talent and the customer-focused attitude of the technicians. For more information please register your interest.
At a recent Advisory Board session, leading members of the Information Assurance community joined Nexor in discussing the applicability and requirements for high assurance guarding at IL3 as well as at higher levels. Policy and labelling were considered as well as the human and hardware factors. If you would like to contribute to the debate or learn about potential solutions please contact us.
Nexor was delighted to host the recent IACG (Information Assurance Collaboration Group) meeting at its offices in Nottingham. The main discussions centred on the draft CESG industry partnership scheme designed to ensure the quality and integrity of the IA supplier community.