NSA Chief During Snowden Affair Shares Regrets, Reflections 13 Years Later

This interview with former NSA Deputy Director Chris Inglis reviews the 2013 Edward Snowden disclosures, describing them as a large insider-driven data leak that caused significant reputational damage, loss of collection capabilities, and operational cost to regain trust. Inglis emphasizes the root causes (contractor privileges, poor internal reporting channels, and disconnected physical/IT/personnel monitoring), outlines how adversaries adapted after the disclosures, and provides practical lessons for enterprise CISOs on detecting and mitigating insider exfiltration and on proactive transparency with stakeholders.