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3 Solutions Offered by Scientific and Technical Intelligence
Pages 17-21

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... ; • Department of Energy laboratories such as Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, and Sandia National Laboratories; • DOD laboratories such as the Office of Naval Research; • Federally funded research and development centers; and • Private sector institutions via cooperative research and development agreements.
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... Instead, the S&TI community must consider social systems and decision processes to account for varying adversary thought processes. This issue can be addressed by including cultural and social science factors as part of
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... . Commercial examples of such inferences include companies' suggested spelling alternatives during Internet searches and automatic recommendations based on previous customer purchases.
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... With a small investment and using only publicly available databases, undergraduate researchers acting as a red cell were able to exploit vulnerabilities in current systems. Other important solutions suggested by participants over the course of the panel discussions include the following.
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... Relevant metrics discussed included available budget, number of assigned analysts, and the scientific reputation of the assigned leadership. A number of participants expressed the view that S&TI needs both more resources and stronger leadership and advocacy across the IC, particularly given the growing potential for technology surprise.
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