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Your Complete Guide to Top Careers in Technology

What qualifies people for technology jobs within and outside of government? What are the options for careers in technology? Does hiring in tech take account of specialties, certifications, and other experience? Careers in technology have a broad range of options. In Permanent Record, Edward Snowden discusses the options for technologist roles. His careers in technology included work as a government contractor and employee. Learn more about careers in technology, hiring in tech, and how certification and freelance fits into the bigger picture.

Surveillance Legislation: FISA Act and Other Laws

How was Congress address surveillance and privacy rights? What is the current status of surveillance legislation? Are there rights that you need to be aware of? Surveillance legislation includes current, former, and proposed laws addressing the issue of government monitoring of private actions. The two relevant pieces of surveillance legislation are the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act. Surveillance Legislation #1: The Patriot Act 2001’s Patriot Act has a section that allows the government to ask the FISA Court to force third parties to give them information on anything that could be considered “relevant” to terrorism or foreign intelligence.

Building Customer Loyalty With Challenger Sales

How does the Challenger Sale Model help with building customer loyalty? What strategies can you use? Building customer loyalty has traditionally been done through careful relationship building. But researcher found that the Challenge Sale Model is even more successful in building customer loyalty. Keep reading to see why.

Snowden: Encryption Is Critical to Protect Your Privacy

What are Edward Snowden’s thoughts on encryption? How important is encryption to your security? How does encryption work? For Ed Snowden, encryption is an important security tool. He used encryption to protect his own files. Read more about Snowden, encryption, and privacy.

The 4th Amendment: Justifying Mass Surveillance

What is the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution? What is the relationship between the NSA and the 4th Amendment? How is the Constitutional language interpreted to apply to mass surveillance? The 4th Amendment of the Constitution protects you from the government searching or taking your stuff without permission. Data and digital information is less clearly protected and Fourth Amendment surveillance rules are still evolving. Read more about the NSA and the 4th Amendment, including how the intelligence agency interprets Fourth Amendment surveillance protections.

The Snowden Effect: How Did the Leak Change Cybersecurity?

What is the Snowden effect? What were the consequences of whistleblowing? How did cybersecurity change because of the Snowden effect? The Snowden effect is the impact of Snowden’s leak on cybersecurity and society. Because of the leak by Snowden, consequences included more discussion, litigation, and legislation. Read more about the Snowden effect on cybersecurity and the work that remains to be done.

EPIC SHELTER: Snowden Creates NSA File Backups

What is EPIC SHELTER? Why did Edward Snowden design EPIC SHELTER? How did it give him an insight into NSA systems? Designed by Edward Snowden, EPIC SHELTER is a backup program used by the NSA. Using EPIC SHELTER, files that aren’t already backed up are sent to servers at NSA headquarters. Read more about EPIC SHELTER, Snowden, and mass surveillance.

Edward Snowden, XKEYSCORE, and Government Surveillance

What is XKEYSCORE and how is it used? How did Edward Snowden verify that the government was conducting mass surveillance? How did Snowden, XKEYSCORE, NSA, and privacy rights all come together to lead to whistleblowing? Used at one point by Edward Snowden, XKEYSCORE is a mass surveillance technology. The NSA can use this technology to see what any person has done on the internet. Read about Snowden, XKEYSCORE use at the NSA, and how this pushed Snowden towards blowing the whistle.

Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden & Covert Journalism

Who are Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and Ewen MacAskill? What was the conversation between Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden, and Laura Poitras? What did each journalist do in breaking the story of mass surveillance? Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden, and Ewen MacAskill spoke at the Mira Hotel in Hong Kong. Laura Poitras filmed the conversation. Read more about Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden, and the how the story broke.

Edward Snowden’s CIA Training: Breaking the Rules

What did Edward Snowden do after CIA Training? What happens at training to be a telecommunications information systems officer (TISO)? How did complaints secure Edward Snowden Geneva instead of his preferred post? CIA training is conducted at a placed called the Hill. The training program for TISOs Ed Snowden went to included work with a variety of older technologies. Read more about CIA training, Edward Snowden, Geneva offices, and what Ed took away from all of it.