Here's RT for you: take the most banal imaginable observation ("disgruntled employees pose security threat") and try to make a front page story out of it.
RT is a hilariously (& obviously) biased news source, and yet seems to pop up on HN quite frequently. Come on guys, let's have some standards in our news providers.
Well, this news story is legit. The training isn't really new though, so I'm guessing they're just digging this up because of recent events enabling them to put some spin on it.
There's a link to the training itself in the article. It's not classified or restricted in any way. Everyone here can take the training themselves. It's actually one of the funniest bit of training I've ever had to take being a contractor working on a govt contract (not with the Pentagon, I don't know why the article mentions the Pentagon and DISA specifically... as far as I know ALL government agencies and contractors have to take this).
The training is very interesting, to me at least (but then again I find almost everything interesting, so I'm not really a good judge). You go into it expecting it to be kinda Orwellian, but they apparently anticipated that. And you'll get dinged if you're TOO strict!
If it's the "Information Assurance" training then yeah, we pretty much all have to (at least in DoD). I don't think it's been modified for years now though, so it can even seem antiquated in some areas.
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 22.3 ms ] threadThere's a link to the training itself in the article. It's not classified or restricted in any way. Everyone here can take the training themselves. It's actually one of the funniest bit of training I've ever had to take being a contractor working on a govt contract (not with the Pentagon, I don't know why the article mentions the Pentagon and DISA specifically... as far as I know ALL government agencies and contractors have to take this).
The training is very interesting, to me at least (but then again I find almost everything interesting, so I'm not really a good judge). You go into it expecting it to be kinda Orwellian, but they apparently anticipated that. And you'll get dinged if you're TOO strict!
Link to the training: http://iase.disa.mil/eta/cyberchallenge/launchPage.htm
"News at 11: Happy and content employees considered lower-risk for insider threat than unhappy employees. Stay tuned for the weather!"