Latest Version, June 2021Ever wonder how to prepare for the annual Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)?Well this book is a step by step manual on how to conduct a self-assessment and prepare for the review.The National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) requires all participants in the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) to conduct their own self-inspections to include an insider threat self-assessment. This Self-Inspection Handbook is designed as a job aid to assist you in complying with these requirements.It is not intended to be used as a checklist only; rather, it is intended to assist you in developing a viable self-inspection program specifically tailored to the classified needs of your cleared company. You will also find we have included various techniques that will help enhance the overall quality of your self-inspection.Each topic of the self-inspection crosswalks against the NISPOM to ensure all required areas are addressed. This book is full of inspection topics, questions and ideas to improve your security program. It makes a great training aide for security professionals and helps cleared defense contractors remain successful.Purpose of a Self-InspectionSelf-inspections provide insight into your security program. It provides you an opportunity to look at the security procedures established at your company and validate that they not only meet NISPOM requirements but they are being effectively implemented by your cleared employees. This is your chance to take an honest look at what your company is doing to protect our national security: to see what is working, what is working well and what you may need to change.Remember you should not be conducting your self-inspection just because the NISPOM requires you to. You should be conducting your self-inspection to ensure the continued protection of our national security, our country, its citizens, and most importantly our military service men and women.This book provides and excellent way to set up your security program, conduct a risk assessment and check results.Click the Buy Now button and get started.

"Contractors shall review their security system on a continuing basis and shall also conduct a formal self-inspection at intervals consistent with risk management principles." NISPOM The National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) requires all participants in the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) to conduct their own security reviews (self-inspections). This Self-Inspection Handbook is designed as a job aid to assist you in complying with this requirement. It is not intended to be used as a checklist only. Rather it is intended to assist you in developing a viable self-inspection program specifically tailored to the classified needs of your cleared company. You will also find we have included various techniques that will help enhance the overall quality of your self-inspection. To be most effective it is suggested that you look at your self-inspection as a three-step process: 1) pre-inspection 2) self-inspection 3) post-inspection This printed version includes plenty of notes pages for gathering data from inspections and interviews and performing analysis.

Perhaps you are one of the many who have questions about getting a US security clearance. Maybe you are interested either as an employee or business owner in getting a security clearance, but don't know how to get started. This book is written with you in mind and is addressed specifically for defense contractors operating under the Department of Defense guidance. Other Government agencies may have different procedures. However, this book can be used as a general reference regardless of which agency the contractor is operating under. This book reflects requirements as found in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM).

In order to protect company's information assets such as sensitive customer records, health care records, etc., the security practitioner first needs to find out: what needs protected, what risks those assets are exposed to, what controls are in place to offset those risks, and where to focus attention for risk treatment. This is the true value and purpose of information security risk assessments. Effective risk assessments are meant to provide a defendable analysis of residual risk associated with your key assets so that risk treatment options can be explored. Information Security Risk Assessment Toolkit gives you the tools and skills to get a quick, reliable, and thorough risk assessment for key stakeholders. Based on authors' experiences of real-world assessments, reports, and presentations Focuses on implementing a process, rather than theory, that allows you to derive a quick and valuable assessment Includes a companion web site with spreadsheets you can utilize to create and maintain the risk assessment

Words of Intelligence: A Dictionary is intended for the intelligence and national security men and women who are fighting the Global War on Terrorism at all levels: local, state, and federal. The intelligence community has undergone massive changes since the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, and the Department of Defense were created, and recently, with the establishment of Homeland Security and a Director of National Intelligence, it has taken on even more duties and responsibilities. Intelligence now must be transmitted to state and local public administrators, health officials, and transportation planners (to name just a few) in times of a possible domestic attack. Containing over 600 terms related to theoretical aspects of intelligence, intelligence operations, intelligence strategies, security classification of information, obscure names of intelligence boards and organizations, and homeland security, this dictionary is an invaluable tool for those requiring a working knowledge of intelligence-related issues. A topical index is also included.

This independent assessment is a comprehensive study of the strategic benefits, risks, and costs of U.S. military presence overseas. The report provides policymakers a way to evaluate the range of strategic benefits and costs that follow from revising the U.S. overseas military presence by characterizing how this presence contributes to assurance, deterrence, responsiveness, and security cooperation goals.

Introduction to Security has been the leading text on private security for over thirty years. Celebrated for its balanced and professional approach, this new edition gives future security professionals a broad, solid base that prepares them to serve in a variety of positions. Security is a diverse and rapidly growing field that is immune to outsourcing. The author team as well as an outstanding group of subject-matter experts combine their knowledge and experience with a full package of materials geared to experiential learning. As a recommended title for security certifications, and an information source for the military, this is an essential reference for all security professionals. This timely revision expands on key topics and adds new material on important issues in the 21st century environment such as the importance of communication skills; the value of education; internet-related security risks; changing business paradigms; and brand protection. - New sections on terrorism and emerging security threats like cybercrime and piracy - Top industry professionals from aerospace and computer firms join instructors from large academic programs as co-authors and contributors - Expanded ancillaries for both instructors and students, including interactive web-based video and case studies