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Anomaly detection firm tied to numerous former CIA officials affiliated with Beacon Global accidentally published its confidential data brokerage and persona management agreements

All-Source Intelligence Fusion • 842 implied HN points • 15 Jan 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Intelligence Security National Defense Surveillance Government Contracts
  1. Orbis Operations, led by former CIA officials, accidentally published confidential data agreements.
  2. Anomaly detection techniques used by intelligence agencies and corporations focus on detecting anomalies and insider threats.
  3. National security data brokers like Orbis fuse various data sources for surveillance and intelligence gathering.

The NSF is using Clearview AI to investigate grant applicants with common names

All-Source Intelligence Fusion • 501 implied HN points • 17 Nov 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Investigations Privacy Concerns Government Contracts
  1. The National Science Foundation is using Clearview AI to investigate grant applicants with common names.
  2. The NSF is focusing on situations involving foreign influence, foreign recruitment, and foreign talent programs.
  3. Privacy concerns are not being addressed in the NSF's purchase of Clearview AI's facial recognition capabilities.

Pentagon quietly re-awarded its $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contracts to U.S. tech giants

All-Source Intelligence Fusion • 40 implied HN points • 18 May 23
🕹 Technology Cloud Computing Government Contracts Tech Giants
  1. Pentagon re-awarded $9 billion cloud contracts to U.S. tech giants like Google and Oracle.
  2. The replacement for canceled JEDI program is Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) with better risk mitigation.
  3. The contracting process has been a major obstacle with reversals in payouts and lack of transparency.

Cellphone location-tracking firm follows in Palantir's footsteps with Large Language Model

All-Source Intelligence Fusion • 20 implied HN points • 20 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Surveillance Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis Government Contracts
  1. Babel Street announced the launch of its "Insights GPT" large language model.
  2. Babel Street aims to transition from a cellphone location-tracking firm to an artificial intelligence company.
  3. The Insights GPT platform may have significant government surveillance use cases, such as summarizing data on the Chinese Communist Party.

让远程浏览器隔离拥抱未来 Embrace the future with RBI｜安全红蓝紫

CyberSecurityMew • 0 implied HN points • 27 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Cybersecurity Network Security Cloud Computing Government Contracts Remote work
  1. The concept of Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) was first developed and deployed in 2010 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, known as SafeWeb.
  2. RBI technology, integrated into Security Access Service Edge (SASE) framework, helps protect against web-based threats by isolating user web browsing activity from internal networks.
  3. Implementing RBI, as recommended by CISA, is widely accepted as a strategic architecture decision by large organizations dedicated to a zero-trust approach, helping reduce attack surface and enhance cybersecurity.
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