40 Questions
What is the primary goal of strategic intelligence?
To support U.S. national security policy and planning decisions
What does strategic intelligence involve?
Assimilating information from various sources to identify risks and opportunities
What is a key aspect of strategic intelligence?
Identifying and assessing the intentions of states and non-state entities
What is the purpose of strategic intelligence in assessing trends and developments?
To identify changes that would affect U.S. national security interests
What is a key outcome of strategic intelligence?
Identification of risks and opportunities for U.S. national security interests
What is included in the variety of information used in strategic intelligence?
Knowledge of political, diplomatic, and economic developments
What is the focus of strategic intelligence in relation to U.S. national security interests?
Identifying risks and opportunities for U.S. national security interests
What is the ultimate goal of strategic intelligence in relation to U.S. national security?
To support U.S. national security policy and planning decisions
What is a key benefit of effective management of business functions and practices across the IC?
Improved communication and collaboration
What is the goal of implementing common standards, shared services, and best practices across IC authorities?
To increase efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability
What is the purpose of promoting and identifying best business practices and functions in the IC?
To optimize solutions and increase collaboration
What is the goal of developing flexible, risk-managed acquisition processes in the IC?
To deliver innovative capabilities, data, and expertise at mission pace
What is the purpose of leveraging government and industry best practices in the IC?
To enable informed IC business decisions and guide efficient resource allocation
What is the benefit of strengthening integration across the IC?
Enhanced resilience and efficiency
What is the purpose of implementing IC-wide financial standards, processes, and tools?
To achieve fiscal efficiency, accountability, and security
What is the goal of enhancing strategy-based performance evaluation across the IC?
To enable informed IC business decisions and guide efficient resource allocation
What is included in cyber threat intelligence?
Information on cyber threat actors, systems, infrastructure, and data
What is the goal of expanding tailored production and appropriate dissemination of actionable cyber threat intelligence?
To support the defense of vital information networks and critical infrastructure
What is a major concern for U.S. national security interests?
The increasing risk of cyber threats to public health, safety, and prosperity
What is required for the U.S. to respond strategically and tactically to cyber threats?
A comprehensive cyber posture
What is the role of the IC in addressing cyber threats?
To grow its intelligence capabilities to meet evolving cyber threats
What is a key aspect of cyber threat intelligence?
Network characterization, or insight into the components, structures, use, and vulnerabilities of systems
Why are cyber threats becoming more significant?
Because our adversaries are becoming more adept at using cyberspace capabilities
What is the ultimate goal of expanding cyber threat intelligence capabilities?
To deter and counter malicious cyber actors and activities
What skills are required to support current and future mission challenges?
Engineering, math, cyber, and foreign language skills
What is the purpose of generating accurate and timely probabilistic forecasts?
To inform decisionmakers on a wide range of intelligence questions
What is an example of a new automated method for forecasting?
Forecasting political instability from social media and web search queries
What is a challenge faced by the IC due to federal budget uncertainty?
Lack of cost-effective solutions to address intelligence issues
What is the consequence of unplanned or unforeseen factors impacting IC resources?
Programmatic risk
What is a goal of the pioneering program?
To develop new methods for generating accurate forecasts
What is the aim of recruiting and hiring a more diverse workforce?
To increase representation comparable to external benchmarks
What is the outcome of accurate and timely probabilistic forecasts?
Informing decisionmakers
What is the primary goal of innovation in the IC?
To provide strategic and tactical decision advantage to policymakers and warfighters
What type of thinking should the IC foster to accomplish its mission?
Unconventional thinking
What should the IC prioritize when developing new approaches to accomplish its mission?
Acceleration, simplicity, and efficiency
What role should IC leaders play in driving innovation?
They should boldly accept calculated risks to attain high-value results
What is the purpose of leveraging technological advancements in the IC?
To improve intelligence capabilities and services
What should the IC prioritize when developing new technologies and ideas?
Developing both breakthrough and incremental technologies
What is the role of artificial intelligence, automation, and augmentation in the IC?
To increase insight, knowledge, and speed
What is the ultimate goal of the IC's innovation efforts?
To achieve mission advantage
Study Notes
Strategic Intelligence
- Strategic intelligence is the process and product of developing context, knowledge, and understanding of the strategic environment required to support U.S. national security policy and planning decisions.
- It involves identifying and assessing the capabilities, activities, and intentions of states and non-state entities to identify risks to and opportunities for U.S. national security interests.
- Strategic intelligence provides in-depth assessments of capabilities, research and development, tactics, targets, operational activities, and indicators, and their impact on U.S. national security interests.
Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Cyber threat intelligence includes information on cyber threat actor systems, infrastructure, and data; and network characterization, or insight into the components, structures, use, and vulnerabilities of foreign cyber program information systems.
- Cyber threats will pose an increasing risk to public health, safety, and prosperity as information technologies are integrated into critical infrastructure, vital national networks, and consumer devices.
- The IC must continue to grow its intelligence capabilities to meet these evolving cyber threats as part of a comprehensive cyber posture.
Business Practices and Innovation
- Effectively managing business functions and practices across the IC contributes to communication and collaboration, supports the efficient use of resources, enables resilience, and strengthens integration.
- Innovation through technological advancements and improved business practices is critical to ensuring that the IC can provide the strategic and tactical decision advantage that policymakers and warfighters require.
- The IC must drive new levels of innovation by proactively developing and rapidly incorporating breakthrough and incremental technologies, ideas, and constructs.
Workforce and Recruitment
- A pioneering program has developed new methods for generating accurate and timely probabilistic forecasts on a wide range of intelligence questions.
- The IC needs to recruit and hire a more diverse workforce, more comparable to external benchmarks, such as those of the Federal workforce, the private sector workforce, and the U.S. population.
- The IC requires scientific, technological, engineering, math, cyber, and foreign language skills to support current and future mission challenges.
Risks and Challenges
- Risks and challenges include unplanned or unforeseen factors that impact the effective use of available funds, such as programmatic (fiscal) risk and federal budget uncertainty.
- The IC must mitigate these risks and challenges to ensure the effective use of resources and to address intelligence issues.
This quiz assesses knowledge of strategic intelligence and its application in understanding global affairs, including political, diplomatic, military, economic, and security contexts.
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