Tips to ensure your company’s ready for security reviews Security audits are a continuous reality for all companies holding a Facility Clearance (FCL). To best prepare for these in-depth security reviews, your company needs to ensure it’s closely following the rules and regulations of the 32 CFR Part 117, NISPOM. Otherwise, your company risks losing its FCL. The DCSA (Defense … [Read more...] about Best Practices for Preparing Your Company for Security Audits
Best Practices for Developing an Insider Threat Program
How you can ensure your Insider Threat Program is effective and meets requirements For any companies holding a Facility Clearance (FCL), the 32 CFR Part 117, NISPOM requires an insider threat program, an internal program dedicated to preventing and catching insider threats. This is led by the Insider Threat Program Senior Official (ITPSO). This is a position the Senior Management Official (SMO) … [Read more...] about Best Practices for Developing an Insider Threat Program
FSO Tips: Reporting Foreign Travel (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnHGRyHeTT4 All employees holding a Personnel Clearance (PCL) must report any foreign travel to their Facility Security Officers (FSOs) as of Aug. 24, 2022. This is part of the change from the old National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) to the 32 CFR Part 117, NISPOM that occurred in February 2021. With this new requirement, it’s important … [Read more...] about FSO Tips: Reporting Foreign Travel (Video)
How Do You Report Foreign Travel?
Meeting the 32 CFR Foreign Travel Reporting Requirements All employees holding a Personnel Clearance (PCL) must report any foreign travel to their Facility Security Officers (FSOs) as of Aug. 24, 2022. This is part of the change from the old National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) to the 32 CFR Part 117, NISPOM that occurred in February 2021. With this new requirement, … [Read more...] about How Do You Report Foreign Travel?
Enforcing Good Document Control in Your Cleared Facility
How can you improve document control of classified information? If your company holds a Facility Clearance (FCL), good document control is a key part of maintaining your clearance and preserving national security. The standards for how facilities need to manage their document control can be found in 32 CFR part 117, NISPOM. Responsibility for maintaining good document control falls on the … [Read more...] about Enforcing Good Document Control in Your Cleared Facility
How Do You Obtain a Personnel Clearance?
Understanding how to navigate the PCL process A Personnel Clearance (PCL) is a necessity for all employees who work with classified information. An employee can’t obtain a PCL without being hired onto a government contract, and once they are, their clearance will take an average of two to eight months to obtain, though it may take more or less time depending on their individual … [Read more...] about How Do You Obtain a Personnel Clearance?
FSO Tips: Navigating the PCL Process (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wc-B77YlSs Are you an FSO looking for advice on how to guide your personnel through the Personnel Clearance (PCL) process? In this video, our Adamo security professional gives advice on how to navigate the process, like filling out the SF 86, and tips on how to make it run as smoothly as possible. … [Read more...] about FSO Tips: Navigating the PCL Process (Video)
What is CUI?
Understand how to identify and send Controlled Unclassified Information If you hold a personnel clearance (PCL), it’s likely you will at some point work with Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). CUI is sensitive information that isn’t classified but still needs some level of protection and safeguarding. If CUI is obtained by adversaries, it can put you and your company at risk, and … [Read more...] about What is CUI?
FSO Tips: Learning the NISPOM (Video)
https://player.vimeo.com/video/690571473?h=cbf62ddb8e&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 In this video, our Adamo Security professional shares some tips Facility Security Officers (FSOs) can use to help navigate the NISPOM, now called 32 CFR, Part 117. The NISPOM, or the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, establishes the standard procedures and … [Read more...] about FSO Tips: Learning the NISPOM (Video)