{"id":17546,"date":"2018-04-23T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/23\/cia-rethinks-how-to-protect-operatives-digital-lives\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:06:42","slug":"cia-rethinks-how-to-protect-operatives-digital-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/2018\/04\/23\/cia-rethinks-how-to-protect-operatives-digital-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA rethinks how to protect operatives\u2019 digital lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CIA is looking to evolve its tradecraft and protect human operatives \u2015 especially digitally \u2015 much the way the military protects its penetrating aircraft, an agency leader said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/2017\/08\/25\/is-technology-a-threat-to-human-intelligence\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-138076003.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Is technology a threat to human intelligence?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">With the influx of intelligence coming in from signals intercepts and disparate sensors in the field, is the discipline of human intelligence in question?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThink about the overwatch we provide to make sure that penetrating fighter or a bomber can get in. Now we have to scale that to case officers,\u201d Dawn Meyerriecks, deputy director of the CIA\u2019s directorate of science and technology said during an April 22 keynote at the annual GEOINT conference in Tampa, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This change revolves around what Meyerriecks described as identity intelligence, which means the pervasiveness of closed circuit television coverage, wireless devices and interconnectivity globally makes operating clandestinely extremely difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you have supposedly a six figure or low seven figure income, and you own no real estate, you don\u2019t have any health insurance, like big life insurance policies to speak of, and you turn your cell phone off every day from 8 to 5, who do you work for,\u201d Meyerriecks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When combining technologies like smart cities, industrial internet of things, the advertising markets, \u201cwhat does that say about our ability to operate,\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help cope with the seemingly easier ability to be outed, Meyerriecks said folks are going to have to live their cover in a whole different way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I\u2019m watching a movie with my family in a theater, I might be connected but I\u2019m not responding. 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