President Donald Trump plans to authorize the Defense Department to oversee the governmentwide program for security clearances through an executive order, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. Sources said the Pentagon plans to
MoreThe Defense Information Systems Agency has hosted an outreach event to help small businesses navigate through the federal government's personnel and facility clearance procedures.
MoreThomas Michelli, acting deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity at the Defense Department, has said Defense Secretary James Mattis already has a short-term implementation plan to sustain cybersecurity efforts within the department, C4ISRNet reported
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Kari Bingen, Defense Department deputy undersecretary for intelligence, told legislators during a recent House Armed Services Committee hearing that security must become “a fourth pillar in defense acquisition” in addition to cost,
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The Senateâs version of fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act includes language that would establish additional cross-functional teams to help the Defense Department address specific organizational challenges, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. The provision
MoreThe Defense Security Service has cleared development plans for insider-threat programs from 5,532 contractors that have met requirements in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual as of Nov. 30, Federal News Radio reported
MoreDan Payne, deputy director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, has been named director of the Defense Security Service. He will transition to DSS by mid-March and oversee the service’s mission
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The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have pointed to a lacking cyber culture as one factor that led to the series of Office of Personnel Management data breaches in June 2015, FCW reported
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The Defense Security Service has reduced the amount of time it takes to request updated background checks on people holding security clearances from 90 days, Federal Times reports. Jim McElhatton writes the
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