Booz Allen Hamilton, umdondoshiya wenkontileka yezokuvikela isisebenzi saso esibekwe icala ngoLwesithathu mayelana nokweba amakhodi okugebenga asetshenziswa yi-National Security Agency, sihlinzeka ngomsebenzi oxakayo kuhulumeni: ukubona abasebenzi abakhohlakele.
Inkontileka eyimfihlo kakhulu ngo-2014 yethula isevisi ekhethekile ebizwa I-Insider4Sight eklanyelwe ukusiza uhulumeni abone “izinsongo zangaphakathi,” njengezisebenzi ezeba amadokhumenti ayimfihlo. "Amathuluzi okuhlola asuselwa ekuziphatheni kwe-Insider4Sight asetshenziswa ngokumelene namamodeli alindelwe ukuthola abantu abakhohlakele ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke umonakalo omkhulu," inkampani. incwajana uyaqhosha.
Ukumaketha kukaBooz Allen Hamilton kuyabuza: "Sizibona kanjani izinsongo zangaphakathi ngaphambi kokuba izisebenzi ezikhohlakele zenze umonakalo omkhulu?"
Isisebenzi sika-Booz Allen Hamilton uHarold Martin III, usonkontileka we-NSA, wayekhona icala namuhla ngokukopishwa ngokungemthetho nokuyisa ekhaya ikhodi eyimfihlo esetshenziselwa ukungena kumakhompyutha ohulumeni bangaphandle.
Lesi sigameko nakanjani sizogxila kakhulu ku- $ 5.4 billion inkampani, ephinde yaqasha u-Edward Snowden, omunye usonkontileka ozimele we-NSA oweba amadokhumenti kule nhlangano. U-Snowden uthathe isinyathelo ukuze embule izinhlelo eziningi zokugada zikahulumeni, ezinye zazo ezike zaba khona ngokulandelayo ithathwa yizinkantolo zombuso njengokuphambene nomthethosisekelo. Izisusa zikaMartin azicacile.
U-Horacio Rozanski, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Booz Allen Hamilton, ugcizelele ukubaluleka kwesoftware yayo yokuthola izinsongo zangaphakathi ocingweni lwabatshalizimali benkampani ngoJulayi 2015. Exoxa ngempumelelo yefemu ekutholeni inkontileka yeminyaka emithathu engu-$39 million eMnyangweni Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya, uRozanski uthe inkundla yefemu ethi “Predictive Intelligence”, ehlanganisa ukuhlola izinsongo zangaphakathi, “yaba ngumahluko omkhulu ekuwineni lo msebenzi.”
Ku-an i-interview ne-CNBC, umsizi wommeli-jikelele wezokuphepha kuzwelonke uJohn Carlin Ubeke amazwana kafushane ngokuboshwa kukaMartin, ephawula ukuthi uMnyango Wezobulungiswa ukhathazekile ngengozi ebangelwa izinsongo zangaphakathi. "Kudingeka futhi sicabangele, noma ngabe ubunhloli bezomnotho noma ubunhloli bendabuko, ukugxila kulabo abathenjwa ezinkampanini zethu, kuhulumeni wethu abangasebenzisa lokho kuthenjwa ukuze badale umonakalo omkhulu," kusho uCarlin.
U-Booz Allen Hamilton, owenqabile ukuphawula ku-The Intercept, unikeze isitatimende kwabezindaba ephawula ukuthi “yinkampani esineminyaka engu-102 ubudala, futhi ukuziphatha okusolwayo akubonisi izindinganiso zethu eziyinhloko. Izinkulungwane zabasebenzi bethu zisekela ohambweni lwamakhasimende olubalulekile ngokuzinikela nangokwenza kahle usuku nosuku. Ubungcweti babo, izimiso nezimiso zokuziphatha yikhona okuchaza inkampani yethu.”
Njengoba iBloomberg yenza kuphawulwe, Ikhono lika-Booz Allen Hamilton lokuqhubeka ewina izinkontileka ezinkulu zikahulumeni libonakala “liqinisekiswa ngohlu lochwepheshe bezobunhloli bomphakathi” emholweni wabo. Le nkampani ayigcini nje ngokugcina izinsiza zababambe iqhaza, kodwa futhi isebenzisa izikhulu zezobunhloli ezisezingeni eliphezulu, okuhlanganisa ne-NSA yangaphambili. Umqondisi UMike McConnell. UJames Clapper, onguMqondisi wamanje weNational Intelligence, u wangaphambili Isikhulu sikaBooz Allen Hamilton.
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