NSA Pilots 2-Person Rule to Thwart Leaks based on model the military uses to handle nuclear weapons. Two systems administrators must approve jointly any access to systems and files containing highly classified materials. The NSA director, Army General Keith Alexander, said the agency is piloting such an initiative for the Defense Department, where the NSA is situated, and the intelligence community. Alexander: Snowden downloaded the classified materials as a contract systems administrator who ran a SharePoint account at NSA. “This makes our job more difficult,” he said.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/nsa-pilots-2-person-rule-to-thwart-leaks-a-5924