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U.S. Intelligence Committee for Data Protection

Via UPI.

The head of U.S. intelligence has established a new committee of senior officials to oversee technical measures needed to protect classified data and networks.

In a directive issued last month and posted on the Web by the Secrecy News blog this week, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell outlined steps to improve countermeasures against technical surveillance. Such measures, called TSCM, "are designed to detect and nullify a wide range of technologies used to gain unauthorized access to classified national security information," wrote McConnell.

The directive establishes the National Integrated Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures Committee, a body made up of senior officials from all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies and led by one of McConnell's deputies.

posted by Fergie @ 3/28/2008 08:24:00 PM