Preventing Espionage, Classified Information Loss, Every cleared employee should have a NISPOM

Send us Fan MailNISPOM Seminar https://www.redbikepublishing.com/nispom-seminar/Study NISPOM Fundamentals in Four hour sessionWe excited to offer two live NISPOM Seminar events:• 23 March 4-8 Pm CST• 30 March 4-8 Pm CSTPrepare for the Industrial Security Professional ISP Certification (ISP) and the DoD’s SPeD Industrial Security Oversight Certification (ISOC). Those and several similar motivational publications stress that everyone has the same amount of time in a day. What we do during that time helps us either make or goals or fail before we even get started.   As leaders, FSOs can help cleared defense contractor employees understand how to create incredible security programs. Focusing on training, interaction with other cleared employees, self-improvement and institutional education should be part of professional development. FSOs and managers who write evaluations for direct reports have an excellent opportunity to help them establish goals to become better at their jobs, more impactful in their careers and hopefully, groomed to become FSO’s themselves. Challenging employees and team members to achieve personal and professional goals breeds success.Security certifications such as ISP Certification and ISOC certification are goals cleared employees could take as a goal as well as encourage employees to achieve. The employee gains from such education and a prestigious career milestone. The organization also benefits from what the security employee learns and applies on the job. When employees study for the ISP Certification, they learn: how to read and apply the NISPOM, the importance of forming professional relationships with cleared employees, how the cleared contractor and the DSS representatives interact, and much more.   A leader also creates pride in the organization and employee by making them more competitive in their career and providing basis for professional pride. When employees are challenged with the goal, the manager can help by providing or allowing education as found on the DCSA, professional organization or vendor websites. Studies on NISPOM topics are available on the internet as well as on site. If your team is large enough, consider helping them start a study group.   Here are 2 good training ideas:1. If the cleared contractor facility has multiple security employees, provide an opportunity to cross train. Security employees who work personnel security issues could work with document control and etc. Also, consider allowing security employees from one discipline inspect anther security section during the annual self inspection.2. Another idea is for the FSO to create an internal certification program. This helps integrate new employees into their jobs. A self-certification program would train an employee on performing individual tasks. The employee works under a mentor who verifies and documents the training. This training covers how the cleared contractor facility security employees practice document control, manage personnel security, provide classified contract support and etc.  Resources:Live NISPOM Seminar: https://www.redbikepublishing.com/nispom-seminar/NISPOM Fundamentals training: https://bennettinstitute.com/course/nispomfundamentalsBooks and trainingNewsletterNISPOM CentralProviding security clearance books, training, and resources for cleared defense contractors.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showFSO Consulting:https://thriveanalysis.comNISPOM Compliancehttps://www.nispomcentral.comhttps://www.nispom.comThe Trusted Advisor for Technology Protection, FSO and NISPOM consulting. After dialing in my craft and many years of honing program protection experiences, I became a trusted advisor. I am currently supporting customers with technology protection and NISPOM compliance topics.INDUSTRIAL SECURITY TRUSTED ADVISORWhat Trusted Advisor Involves:I partner with executive leadership to design and operate security programs that meet and exceed NISPOM requirements. Results you can measure immediately:Prepared commercial organizations for defense contracting and NISPOM complianceDesigned ready to implement security programs before, during and after facility clearance awardRescued high risk security programs with quick turnaround; usually within 30 daysAchieved Commendable and Superior DCSA review ratingsDeveloped compliant FOCI mitigation programs