security clearance
Op-ed | Security clearance reforms needed to accelerate space innovation
The U.S. government’s restrictive security clearance process is hindering its ability to access cutting-edge space technology and protect sensitive information from foreign espionage.
Efforts to streamline security clearances slowed, not halted by pandemic
For years, space industry executives bemoaned the amount of time employees waited for security clearance investigations to conclude. While there are some improvements, the COVID-19 pandemic slowed some clearance investigations.
Space industry group pushing for change in security clearance policies
The National Security Space Association seeks reforms in “space security policy, practices and governance structures.”
Classified cyber event focuses on common threats, common solutions
When the nonprofit Space Foundation began devoting the first day of its annual Space Symposium to cybersecurity in 2010, the forum was unclassified. In recent years, however, the event has been restricted to U.S. citizens with Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information or code-word clearance.
