Counter Insider Threat Education in the USAF Command-Level Schoolhouses
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to assess the United States Air Forces (USAF) educational response to insider threat incidents. The primary research question is: how does the USAF educate its command-level personnel with Counter Insider Threat (CInT) curriculum? A review of evolving policies indicates that commanders and supervisors are the primary audience for CInT education. In the USAF, two military educational institutions are likely candidates for hosting CInT education, the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) and the Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA). The second research question is: to what degree are the educational policies and procedures at these institutions adequate for educating emerging command-level personnel on a topic as complex as CInT? The authors compare benchmark standards for adult education derived from theoretical and empirical literature to the standards employed at ACSC and SNCOA. The authors thus answer the research questions and make recommendations related to integrating CInT education into the institutions. This study contributes to the current body of research in CInT education and directly responds to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austins April 9th Memo Immediate Actions to Counter Extremism in the Department and the Establishment of the Countering Extremism Working Group: specifically to Line of Effort #4, Education and Training, which solicits recommendations for education plans for different leadership levels.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1164805
Entities
People
- Geer P Mcgee
- Jacob M Cross
- Malcom J Asher
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School