Intelligence challenges are continually evolving, but the challenges of the past pale in comparison to the depth and breadth of todays trials. The problem is not a shortage of data or information; rather, the test is sifting through the unfathomable amounts of data and determining its veracity and relevance amidst both organized and anarchistic disinformation. Diogenes would be hopelessly befuddled in his search for truth in today's society, but intelligence cannot afford to allow mis-truths to shape its findings. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore several underlying issues that otherwise might not have received appropriate attention. Society at large is operating in a restricted information environment as the coronavirus reigns. Education and telework, among many areas, often depend on the same base information infrastructure that supports the intelligence community as well as the entire country. That infrastructure is both vulnerable to adversaries and susceptible to failure owing to the lack of robustness and heretofore unattended vulnerabilities. One lesson we've learned from COVID-19 is that regardless of the nature of the workforce, whether academia, civilian or government, people must be able to work from diverse and often remote and underserviced locations if we are to address our national security needs and apply our intellectual talents.
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