According to the FAS Project on Government Secrecy, using data tabulated in the report, 4,266,091 people held security clearances in the US for access to classified information.
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I'm not 100% au fait with ISC2's board election process but as I understand it the sitting board proposes a bunch of candidates, while the general membership can propose their own "independent candidates" as well. If you aren't into nepotism and fancy the idea of fresh faces at the top table, you might like to consider supporting some of the independents who need endorsement from at least 500 members in order to qualify and get their names onto the ballot papers. I'm aware of the following five independents so far: Tadd Axon email: [email protected] website: https://sites.google.com/a/tadda.org/isc2petition/ Seth Hardy email: [email protected]Read more →