Security Clearance Careers Podcast

Welcome to this episode of the Security Clearance Careers Podcast, ClearedCast. Your source for security clearance, intelligence community, espionage, national security, and defense contracting updates, in our exclusive interviews with intelligence community and government leaders. We have a really exciting event coming up in just a couple of weeks. ClearanceJobs Connect brings together the leadin...

QinetiQ US is an engineering company focused on mission-led innovation, providing critical capabilities that support defense and security at home and abroad. Andrés Meneses and Rob Abbott are with the National & Global Security Solutions (NGSS) and Intelligence & Cyber Information Advantage (ICIA) divisions. They discuss how QinetiQ US' focus on their clients' unique needs has a rippl...

Bill Toti is a US Navy retired captain who joined the service in the 1970s. While the military transition looks a bit different today, Toti has seen countless friends and colleagues’ transition be pretty unsuccessful. Employment instability post-military is one of the biggest stress-inducing factors in a veteran’s life, contributing to serious concerns such as PTSD, failure to thrive, and can caus...

More companies understand the risks of insider threats, but too many assume that addressing insider risk is a primarily government function. Trusted Workforce 2.0 has created continuous vetting and other solutions to help identify risks, sooner - but they're not the only options companies have today. Given the average insider risk incident will cost a company nearly 10 million, a small investment...

Veteran suicides are still occurring at a higher rate than that of non-Veteran U.S. adults, and it is the second-leading cause of death for post-9/11 veterans, accounting for over 20% of all deaths. The Army, the largest military service, is most affected. Almost 50 service members died by suicide in the first three months of 2023 compared to 37 service members in the first three months of 20...

The 2023 Career Development Convention provides the resources and connections needed for successful employment and professional development. This completely free professional resource day for Veterans, military spouses, and transitioning service members features a job fair, vendors, headshots, video profiles, and networking to help you advance your military transition and career. ClearanceJobs sat...

It’s National Insider Risk Awareness Month, a month where companies and government agencies step out and look to step up their insider risk understanding. ClearanceJobs chatted with Dave Komendat, the former Chief Security Officer at Boeing, currently the president of DSKomendat Risk Management Services, and recently named as an advisor for SIMS Software, a leading security information management...

“The great thing about AI is that it is not human.” -Michael Gibbs Customer facing roles. Architects. Engineers who have irreplaceable communication. Sales reps. Business development leaders. Cloud security professionals. The goal is to evaluate your current job and truly recognize if AI could do it – or if it requires that human touch. The Security Clearance Careers Podcast hosts Cloud Computing...

Is there truly a rise in poppyseed related security clearance issues? Or is this another case of poppyseed subterfuge? A military memo from earlier this year warned service chiefs of the military branches of a rise in positive drug tests related to poppyseed consumption, noting some were being contaminated in harvest with morphine and codeine. Poppyseeds already have trace amounts of opium alkaloi...

Host, Katie Keller is joined by a familiar voice, Jill Hamilton, Sr. Editor of our news site, and the newest addition to the content queendom at ClearanceJobs: Phoebe Wells, PR and Partnerships Manager. Today is September 11, so as we hit the 22 years after the attacks in 2001, Jill and Phoebe talk about their own experiences during those events. The events are commonly known as  9/11 , and c...

CUI and confused - Sean Bigley, legal correspondent and Lindy Kyzer, director of content, discuss the wacky world of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and why it's creating a lot of confusion for many in the cleared community. A moniker without a policy framework in many cases, too many individuals have taken to slapping a CUI designation on just about everything. Learn why that's not hel...

Chrissy McGarry is the Chief Operating Officer of Second Front Systems, a software company that accelerates delivery of technology to U.S. warfighters. We all know working in this space that the government is slow to innovate, but this innovative company works in around innovative technologies, and if not more important, innovative people. So today we’re going to talk about how their company...

If you work in national security, you need to stay in the know on the changing government contracting landscape. Enter GovBrew, a free newsletter written by those in the know, to give you the news you need to know. Lindy Kyzer with ClearanceJobs chats with Shane Prosser, co-founder of GovBrew and co-founder and CEO of FalconTek. Prosser is a U.S. Army veteran who leveraged his security clearance t...

What can tarnish your employer’s brand? Feedback on Glassdoor and disgruntled employees positing on social media. Both of these things can deter potential candidates before they even land on your careers page.   But there are ways that HR teams can utilize employee feedback as a retention tool and a recruitment tactic for future candidates or referrals.   With nearly 20 years of experien...

Ageism in the security clearance process - it might not look how you think it would. Age is a factor in the security clearance process, and that's why young people can often mitigate issues that would trip up other applicants, all under the umbrella of 'youthful indiscretion.' Lindy Kyzer and Sean Bigley discuss juvenile mistakes and how they factor into a security clearance determination. Hosted...

Movie buff and security clearance aficionado Eric Pecinovsky, also known as the Vice President of Marketing for ClearanceJobs, joins Lindy Kyzer, director of content at ClearanceJobs and dedicated non-movie watcher to discuss the summer's hottest film, Oppenheimer. They ask such pivotal questions as - can you have spoilers in a movie made about the atomic bomb? Does a film like Oppenheimer help or...

Security clearance topics remain in the news – but who are Special Security Officers (SSOs), and what role do they play in keeping classified programs safe? ClearanceJobs is joined by Mitch Lawrence, founder of  Lawrence Solutions , and Peter Lapp, owner of  PJ Lapp Consulting , to discuss their upcoming Special Security Officer Survival Course, why the role of SSO is important, and why...

In 2022, a NASA team turned science fiction into reality. These NASA managers joining the Security Clearance Careers podcast directed a project that for the first time in history, redirected a planetary object and demonstrated humanity’s ability to hit and deflect a potentially catastrophic asteroid.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ClearanceJobs chatted with Vince Virga, chairman and co-founder of Skillstorm. Skillstorm trains and deploys developers and tech talent to help assist companies and government agencies with their workforce needs. Skillstorm also works directly with talent to help them upskill or reskill into the most in-demand tech jobs, including working with service members through the Army and Air Force COOL pr...

The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated February 1, 2003, as it reentered the earth’s atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, with all seven astronauts on board losing their lives. Those at NASA instantly recognized that employees needed to implement major transformations to their safety regulations to prevent future disasters. The Columbia space shuttle was the second mission to end in tragedy, aft...

Last month, the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection brought in four tech leaders to talk about our big cybersecurity problem: the lack of people. The hearing was held to assess potential ways to increase the talent pool for cybersecurity candidates. And ensure that pipeline can satisfy the appetite of cyber incidents to come over the next few decades...

A new book by Danny Olmes, President at Xcelerate Solutions, spotlights how ordinary moments can be pivotal ones.  Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy  details many seemingly ordinary moments that led to extraordinary shifts – in mindset, career path, or spiritual journey. Olmes discusses his book, including how a chance encounter in a parking garage led him down a writing path, and how living an...

From Army Ranger to Venture Capitalist: Answering the Important Questions for Where Your Career Will Land After Transition This episode we are joined by Cam Watts who is a managing partner at Sentinel Ventures, a company building a safer world by funding innovative technologies that secure and enhance critical infrastructure. He is also a Regional Commander with the US Army Ranger Association...

The Security Clearance Careers Podcast was joined by Symoné B. "Beez" who has an incredible and inspiring story. She's a 16-year-old tech prodigy, who broke into the industry and now earns over $225k a year. We explore her journey and learn about the hard work and determination that led to her success in the government industry. Tune in to hear about some of those tricks and some myths that need d...

In the wake of Jack Texteria’s leak of classified CIA documents on the war in Ukraine, many are starting to criticize the security clearance process that we know today. While personnel vetting has gone through some major overhauls in the last couple of years to manage the cleared candidate pool and the backlog high we saw in the late 2010s, the process is not perfect – nor probably will it ever be...