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Department of Defense (DoD) contractors must be vigilant to prevent foreign intelligence agents and other adversaries from accessing sensitive defense-related information. To help protect against such compromises of sensitive and classified information, DoD contractors participating in the National Industrial Security

The Web site Wikileaks has been in the news a lot over the past few months. Wikileaks has supposedly posted sensitive and classified documents of the U.S. federal government on its public Web site. Persons holding security clearances who might

In its most recent report on the subject, the Defense Security Service listed the most common methods foreign entities’ have used to obtain U.S. defense-related information and technologies. Understanding these methods can help companies and individuals with security clearances to

President Barack Obama issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13526 “Classified National Security Information” on December 29, 2009. Some portions of the order took effect immediately, and all others become effective 180 days later. There are numerous changes that this order dictates

The Defense Security Service (DSS) announced a new procedure of the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) pertaining to periodic reinvestigations for personnel security clearances (PCLs) in early June, 2010, which takes effect immediately. Because this new procedure is a

Here’s a tip for helping to smooth a Defense Security Service inspection of your security program before the inspection even occurs. It may even help to boost the rating your security program gets. Back when I was the FSO of a

In February 2010 Forbes.com ran a story on breaches of major Department of Defense contractors’ data networks. The story was largely based on research conducted by the Pentagon’s Cyber Crime Center. It found that between August of 2007 and August