CIA chief calls for “radical shift” in how it buys and rolls out technology

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is overhauling how it buys and rolls out technology as part of a “radical shift” its director John Ratcliffe said today.

That includes a new “streamlined IT authorization process” and a shift to “centralized vendor vetting” the agency said today (February 9).

The steps are part of efforts to “accelerate and streamline [the] CIA’s collaborative efforts with U.S. commercial partners to harness the cutting-edge innovation of America’s private sector” the intelligence agency said.

This, it added, will “significantly reduce the time between when CIA defines a mission requirement and when it receives operating authority.”

“From kinetic to cybersecurity”