Christopher Burgess

1 day ago | news.clearancejobs.com | Christopher Burgess

Ewa Ciszak, an employee of the Missile Defense Agency, allegedly sanitized classified documents by snipping away details she considered sensitive and then placed them into her backpack to walk them out of a secure facility. The bag didn’t just hold gym gear. She repeated this pattern for months (maybe more). Now she’s facing a federal charge under 18 U.S.C. § 1924 for unlawful retention of national defense information. Ciszak’s case isn’t unusual.

4 days ago | news.clearancejobs.com | Christopher Burgess

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a national advisory warning that Iranian state and proxy actors may escalate efforts to target U.S. government officials and former policymakers. The June 22 bulletin outlines threats including cyber intrusions, surveillance, and assassination attempts, underscoring the Islamic Republic’s asymmetric strategy amid mounting tensions.

4 days ago | news.clearancejobs.com | Christopher Burgess

With the transatlantic intelligence architecture under renewed strain, General Christopher Cavoli—Supreme Allied Commander Europe—has issued a call to London: the United Kingdom must assume a more forward-leaning role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s intelligence enterprise. Cavoli’s remarks, published in The Times in late June 2025, reflect a recalibration of burden-sharing expectations within the alliance’s core security apparatus.

4 days ago | news.clearancejobs.com | Christopher Burgess

UPDATE:  After admitting he had removed classified materials from his workspace, Gokhan Gun, a dual U.S.-Turkey citizen, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $25,000. Gun worked at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center.

1 month ago | news.clearancejobs.com | Christopher Burgess

The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) issued in late April 2025 analyzed the highest number of breaches ever in a single report, with 12,195 confirmed data breaches out of 22,052 security incidents. Especially noteworthy was how the human element was involved in 60% of incidents, which is less than what was reported in the 2024 DBIR: 68%.