A-Space: A Place For Spies

We talk so much about today's social networking sites, whether it be in schools, workplaces, or homes, but now our very own U.S. Intelligence Agency is jumping on the bandwagon and creating a social networking site simply for their operatives to communicate, share files, have vitrual meetings. A-Space will be built with typical commercial software but will require extra security because of sensitive information. What's most interesting is that nearly half of all U.S. intelligence analysts are younger and have only been working for less than 5 years, which is good for the intelligence agencies because more of them will be more likely to embrace this new way of information management. The ultimate goal is to put more eyes on more problems, a mere cooperation of agencies if you will so that information that is important can be seen by all analysts. As stated by this article, "Experts say the service will only be as effective as those who use it. With many older workers puzzled by their younger colleagues' obsessive use of Facebook and its ilk, full-blown use could take time." For so often we've focused on how to transfer the knowledge of older workers and capitalize on that knowledge so that it is transferred to the younger employee. Now, however, the agency needs to focus it's efforts on obtaining the knowledge from the younger employees about new technologies so the older employees will be able to progress in their positions. Even though the younger employees have been working for less that 5 years, they are a technology driven generation and have a lot of valuable information to offer any organization. If you want to read more on this article click this link:
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