[Pictured Left:The Roundtable brought together leaders from the EU, NATO, DHS, State Department, and other stakeholder and EU member state officials.] The Brussels discussion focused on how the the EU and other European organizations and member states can work the Department of Homeland Security, Department of State and other US agencies, to best enable a trusted environment for sharing information.

John Pereira is the Intelligence Community Fellow for The IBM Center for The Business of Government. John Pereira is also a Partner in IBM's Global Business Services and leads the team providing advanced, end-to-end solutions for our clients in the Intelligence Community (IC). John served 30+ years in CIA, including overseas assignments in East Asia, Central America, Central Eurasia, and Europe.

Guest Blogger: Townley Cozad, Associate Partner, Defense & Intelligence, IBM Even as the United States remains the strongest, most capable military in the world, U.S. leadership in all domains is being challenged by “near-peer” competitors aggressively seeking to close the capability gap.  The military calls this “near-peer” (against someone who has similar weapons and abilities) warfare.

Note: The IBM Center recently released Seven Drivers Transforming Government, a series of essays exploring key drivers of change in government. It is based on our research and numerous insights shared by current and former government officials. This blog is the fourth in a series of excerpts from each of the seven essays.

The first blog in this series presented information about Insider Threat policies and key organizations working to prevent Insider Threats.  This blog will focus on current, IT-based, and recommended, whole-person risk-rating, efforts to detect and prevent Insider Threats.  The next blog

Yet, the seriousness of Insider Threats motivates the ongoing efforts to implement systems and processes to inhibit their effects.  As the first in a three-part series on Insider Threats, this blog seeks to address the following: Part (1) What are the key organizations working on the Insider Threat problem (the post below, followed by the next two parts). Part (2) current and recommended strategies to countering Insider Threats, and Part (3) potential future strategies to counter Insider Threats. Defining an Insider Threat

The IBM Center recently partnered with the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security to convene a set of interactive discussions among Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and other security executives in government and industry.  The meeting highlighted challenges and opportunities for action.

Experience from industry practices and industry research regarding personnel security provide interesting insights and lessons learned for government to consider.   These findings emerged from a recent roundtable discussion held in November and co-hosted by the IBM Center for The Business of Government and the National Academy of Public Administration.  The roundtable intended to help identify commercial benchmarks that can inform government choices.

Co-Author:  Christopher Ballister, Security & Privacy, IBM

Below are ideas that I shared on this topic yesterday as part of a panel discussion with the White House’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. Background  The policy framework that governs Federal IT with respect to cybersecurity has many pieces. Major laws include: