Security Clearance Insecurity

Next week ClearanceJobs is hosting Connect 2022, the only conference designed to bring recruiters, talent acquisition professionals and security officers together to discuss issues in the national security hiring space. There is still time to register to attend . Speakers include the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, Avantus Fede...

Space is one of those topics that at least in theory unites Americans. We all love to watch a big rocket go boom - or up. But the devil is in the details, and the devil is certainly where we meet some of the issues that were recently uncovered in NASA's attempted launch of the more than 4 billion dollar Artemis rocket. To discuss Artemis, space, and the attempt to once again get to the moon and be...

News of Donald Trump possibly having classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence have led to a flood of online experts sharing their own clearances and security clearance stories. Love Rutledge, a 22-year-federal employee and host of the FedUpward podcast talks about best practices for federal employees navigating classification news in the headlines . The bottom line is you shouldn't be shar...

The Pentagon is America's largest office building, and if you work in the national security community, particularly in the Washington, D.C. metro, there is a decent chance you'll work there at some point in your career. For the majority of professionals, it is either a love or hate relationship. Perfecting the concept of 'home away from home' well before Google, the Pentagon truly is a stand-alone...

What is the state of the security clearance process today, as Trusted Workforce 2.0 reforms are implemented and the cleared workforce adjusts to a 'post' COVID working environment? ClearanceJobs sat down with Lisa Reidy, Vice President of Security at GDIT, to discuss the status of personnel security today. Reidy discussed significant improvements in security clearance timelines and how GDIT is see...

NISPOM Change 2 went into effe ct in May of 2016, codifying policies around insider threat training and mitigation for contractors within the defense industrial base . Still today questions about insider threat and how to stop the next Snowden or Alexis are ever hot topics for security offices today. Tom Langer, principal of Atlantic Security Advisors, an industrial security, risk mitigation, and...

Security clearance mobility is the latest topic of a white paper released by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). We sat down with Larry Hanauer, vice president for policy at the INSA, and Gregory Torres, director of personnel security at Booz Allen and chair of the personnel security working group at INSA. They discussed why security clearance mobility is a critical national se...

The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals performs a critical function in the security clearance process - adjudicating cases and making decisions on denials and revocations. To learn more about the DoD CAF, we chatted with Aileen Xenakis-Kozlowski, attorney with the law term Bigley Ranish and a former attorney with the DoD CAF. We discussed the upcoming consolidation of the Defense Office of Hea...

A recent New York Times article highlighted in the prevalence of continuous evaluation or employee vetting - and how things like criminal backgroun d checks, credit checks, and public searches were no longer just a part of onboarding - but a way for employers to track insider threats. It's a reality the government has been exploring for some time and has rolled out extensively over the past severa...

The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals handles a very unique subset of the security clearance process - denials and revocations. Aileen Xenakis-Kozlowski is a former Assistant General Counsel, Washington Headquarters Service, at the U.S. Department of Defense. She currently works as an Associate Counsel at the security clearance law firm Bigley-Ranish. She discussed clearance appeals and gave...

What is the state of the personnel security process and Trusted Workforce 2.0 today? Last week the Performance Accountability Council released its Trusted Workforce 2.0 implementation strategy. The guidance will give a framework for rolling out Trusted Workforce 2.0 reforms across the federal government. ClearanceJobs recently sat down with Charlie Sowell, CEO of SE&M Solutions and no stranger...

What's a security clearance worth ? If you work in national security, it's a question worth asking. ClearanceJobs editor Jill Hamilton talks about the results of the 2 022 Security Clearance Compensation Report , where you can break down salary by clear ance level, government agency, education, and more.  In the second half of the show security clearance attorney Sean Bigley and ClearanceJobs' Lin...

Tax issues can have a major impact on your cleared career. With tax season upon us, many individuals may be wondering what to do if they can't pay their taxes, or how to work with a tax professional to ensure they're doing it correctly. ClearanceJobs chats with Jennifer Jones, owner of J. Jones Financial. Jones is an enrolled agent and military spouse who helps many in the national security workfo...

In recognition of Women's History Month ClearanceJobs chats with Cadienne Naquin Hopkins, a female national security trailblazer who has served in a variety of capacities in national security and helping encourage women to enter into the field. Currently with Altana AI, she's also co-founder of the Command Purpose Foundation, executive director of the Amazing Women of the Intelligence Community an...

In this week's episode we chat with Kate Horrell, an accredited financial counselor and Navy spouse who regularly works with service members to address financial concerns . She discusses why financial planning is an important part of career planning, especially if you have a security clearance.  In the second half of the episode ClearanceJobs.com and security clearance attorney Sean Bigley discuss...

Security clearance holders face more cyber risks. ClearanceJobs sat down with regular contributor and writer on cybersecurity topics , Peter Suciu. He dis cussed the problem of spoofed accounts and phishing scams , and what cleared professionals can do to keep themselves safe online. In the second half of the program Sean Bigley, attorney with Bigley Ranish , and Lindy Kyzer with ClearanceJobs tal...

Financial issues are far and above one of the top causes of security clearance denial and revocation . Learn more about top issues causing security clearance denial and revocation in a conversation about the State of the Security Clearance Process with Charles Phalen, former acting dir ector of the defense counterintelligence and security agency. In the second half of the program Sean Bigley and L...

ClearanceJobs unpacks the State of the Security Clearance Process with Charles Phalen, former acting dir ector of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. Get the latest on the security clearance process, Trusted Workforce 2.0 , and other key impro vements in the security clearance process. In the second half of the program, Sean Bigley joins us to discuss divorce and your security cle...

We continue our conversation with Mark Frownfelter, Assistant Director for the Special Security Directorate at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence . He talked hot topics in personnel security and clearance reform, including why candidates with drug use in their past shouldn' t 'weed' themselves out of the process, and how ODNI is staying responsive to policy changes in drug use. In...

The Government Accountability Office provides – you guessed it – accountability across a variety of federal programs. When a program lands on the GAO’s high risk list that means it is pa rticularly vulnerable and in need of transformation. Since 2018, the personnel security program has been on the GAO’s high-risk list – and it’s not the first time personnel security has been there. Progress has be...

Mark Frownfelter, assistant director of the special security directorate of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence comes to talk about Trusted Workforce 2.0 and changes being m ade to improve and enhance the personnel security program. The personnel security program has come a long way, and even more changes are being considered to enhance and overhaul security efforts. Sean Bigley of...

Sometimes a security clearance isn’t simply denied orrevoked – it enters a dreaded Loss of Jurisdiction status . It’s the equivalentof security c learance limbo, or maybe the Bermuda Triangle. While it may bedreaded, security clearance consultant William Henderson explains what you cando if your security clearance doesn’t go through. Then, security clearanceattorney Sean Bigley and Lindy Kyzer wit...

Drug use is a growing security clearance consideration , with 17 states legalizing the drug at the state leve l and the rapid growth in CBD products. It's important to understand that because marijuana use remains illegal at the federal level, the government still considers it a no-go for clearance holders, and it creates many issues for clearance applicants. ClearanceJobs chats with Kimberly Berl...

ClearanceJobs talks with H eather Green, director of the Vetting Risk Operations Center at the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency about reaching full enrollment of the DoD clearance population into the continuous vetting program . It's a critical milestone in the government's Trusted Workforce 2.0 personnel security reform initiative. Security clearance attorney Sean Bigley talks abou...

ClearanceJobs sits down with William Henderson to discuss foreign nationals and your security clearance, and Sean Bigley and Lindy Kyzer chat about legal issues surrounding your security clearance. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .