How the CIA is Making Sense of Big Data

Nextgov: For decades, the CIA’s spying strategy remained relatively unchanged, perhaps reflected best in the fact that last year’s creation of a Directorate for Digital Innovation was the first new directorate within the spy agency in more than 50 years.

Helmed by Deputy Director Andrew Hallman, the new entity is a result of big data – the technological explosion of connectivity and data among devices, sensors and people – and the CIA’s wish to make sense of it all.

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