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Cybersecurity Safeguards: What Cybersecurity Safeguards Could Have Prevented The Intelligence/Data Breach By A Member Of The Air National Guard, Christopher Curtis Royal
Cybersecurity Safeguards: What Cybersecurity Safeguards Could Have Prevented The Intelligence/Data Breach By A Member Of The Air National Guard, Christopher Curtis Royal
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Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old IT specialist Air National Guard found himself on the wrong side of the US law after sharing what is considered classified and extremely sensitive information about USA's operations and role in Ukraine and Russia war. Like other previous cases of leakage of classified intelligence, the case of Teixeira raises concerns about the weaknesses and vulnerability of federal agencies' IT systems and security protocols governing accessibility to classified documents. Internal leakages of such classified documents hurt national security and can harm the country, especially when such secretive intelligence finds its way into the hands of enemies. Unauthorized …