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At my job, at least (research at a major government contractor) we all have to undergo annual counterintelligence training. And that's for me, the intern who ne
by jff 17y ago
At my job, at least (research at a major government contractor) we all have to undergo annual counterintelligence training. And that's for me, the intern who never leaves the country.
Among other things in the training is the assertion that multiple employees are currently being targeted for espionage and at least a few employees are most likely working for foreign governments. They also warn about accepting gifts and give examples of "spooky" things, like random strangers befriending workers on foreign travel only to reveal that they know way too much about that person.
Training is there in big corporations, maybe not in startups.
- bediger 17y agoI took the Official Counterintelligence Training at a major aerospace contractor in the late 80s. It was bunk. The korean war vet who ran the class gave us some cock-and-bull story about Bulgarians flying ultralights at the state park not too far from the "Main Plant". But everything of merit about our rockets got published in Aviation Week every two years or so. Even material about possible payloads, which was so compartmentalized that we knew next to nothing, maybe a bolt pattern, mass and location of center-of-mass above the bolt pattern. The "training" was all superstition and cargo cult management by slogan. When you thought about it for a minute or two, nothing they said made any sense.
- jff 17y agoThe first time I took it, we had a video of an ex-KGB guy assuring us that agencies like his previous employer are indeed targeting us. These days, there's no concern about Bulgarians in ultralights, it's all about buying an employee a new car so he'll load up a USB drive with interesting info. I wish I could be targeted for something like that... I don't even have access to secrets but "they" don't know that, and I could use some extra money.