Download or read book Literature on Personnel Vetting Processes and Procedures written by David Stebbins and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. government vetting processes and procedures for public trust and national security positions are evolving to improve their effectiveness and to incorporate new technological capabilities. The rise of social media and other sources of information not historically used for vetting purposes are increasingly enhancing legacy vetting systems that otherwise might not uncover a prospective government employee's or contractor's propensity to cause harm to national security institutions. This reform effort is intended to protect government systems, information, and assets by ensuring aligned, effective, efficient, secure, and reciprocal processes to support a trusted federal workforce. The authors researched, reviewed, and assembled a selected bibliography of relevant literature related to government and other relevant vetting processes and procedures. The bibliography is organized into 13 categories, each containing a short summary and analysis of the respective literature. The bibliography addresses current U.S. government practices, policies, and procedures, as well as those of the United States' Five Eyes (FVEY) community partners (the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada), and it also highlights research conducted by others within the private sector and by academic institutions.
Download or read book Personnel Security Vetting written by Terry Thompson, PH D and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the underlying issues associated with Personnel Security Vetting. It provides the rationale as to why certain behaviors are thought to have value in the process and others do not. The environment is largely that of the national security arena but much of the material can be extrapolated to the private sector. Various levels of vetting are linked to risk levels i.e. how important are certain assets to protect and how much in resources is the company willing to invest to protect those assets. The methodologies typically used (background investigations, polygraph and interviewing techniques) are dissected and decisions as to which to employ are explored. In the final analysis, decisions in Personnel Security vetting are risk/benefit determinations dependent on the mix of circumstances present at the time. Probabilities, percentages and environmental limitations are some of the ultimate determinants in the decision making process and recognition is given to the notion there are no perfect vetting measures.
Download or read book Personnel Vetting written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personnel vetting helps protect the nation’s interests by aiming to establish and maintain trust in the federal workforce. High-quality vetting processes can reduce the risk of unauthorized disclosure of classified information. In 2018 GAO placed the government-wide personnel security clearance process on its High-Risk List due to a lack of performance measures and issues with IT systems. This report evaluates, among other things, the extent to which the PAC Principals have implemented Trusted Workforce 2.0; ODNI has formalized continuous evaluation and assessed program performance; and DOD has planned for the IT and workforce needed to support its personnel vetting mission. Congress should consider requiring the DNI to develop performance measures for CE. GAO is also making three recommendations, including that DOD revise the NBIS schedule to fully meet the characteristics of a reliable schedule and establish a milestone to complete strategic workforce planning. ODNI did not indicate whether it concurred with GAO’s recommendations.
Download or read book Personnel Vetting written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. government relies on over 4 million personnel with security clearances to provide critical public services, including national defense. In October 2019, the Department of Defense (DOD) became the federal government’s primary background investigation service provider through a new agency, DCSA, which considers security clearances for millions of federal and contractor personnel. DCSA established a WCF to finance its personnel vetting activities. House Report 117-118, accompanying a bill for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, included a provision for GAO to evaluate, among other things, the extent to which DCSA maintained its monthly cash balances within established operating ranges and calculated cash requirements correctly, and managed its WCF in accordance with key operating principles for WCFs. GAO is making six recommendations to the Secretary of Defense, including that DCSA issues and implements guidance for correctly calculating its WCF operating range; evaluate its WCF performance measures; establish performance targets; and implement a systematic and reliable method for analyzing customer satisfaction.
Download or read book Personnel Vetting written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. government personnel vetting processes, such as background investigations, rely on information technology systems to process and validate data on millions of federal employees and contractor personnel. In 2016, DOD assumed responsibility for developing new systems following a 2015 cybersecurity incident that compromised data from Office of Personnel Management systems. DOD is developing the NBIS system to replace those legacy systems. . GAO assessed (1) the status of NBIS system development, and the reliability of the schedule and cost estimate for the NBIS program; and (2) the extent to which DCSA is engaging stakeholders in the development of NBIS system requirements and capabilities. Congress should consider requiring DOD to develop a reliable NBIS program schedule and cost estimate based on GAO best practices. GAO also recommends that DOD assess and use GAO’s survey results to improve engagement with stakeholders.
Download or read book Harnessing Mobile Technology to Enable U S Personnel Vetting written by David Stebbins and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors examined how U.S. government vetting could be enhanced with mobile technologies and platforms for the Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability Council Program Management Office.
Download or read book Vetting and Monitoring Employees written by Gillian Howard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most employers will at some time need to monitor, record and read e-mails sent and received by their staff, or check on their employees' use of the telephone and internet, or access business correspondence received at work but addressed to a member of staff. There may also be clear cases where covert surveillance either by video camera or private investigators is considered as a means to collect evidence of criminal activity on site. The law in this area is complex and, in some cases, contradictory. Gillian Howard aims to set out the law clearly and give practical guidance, both to employers as to their legal rights, and to employees as to what safeguards to their privacy the law gives them. She provides precedents and useful examples of policies and procedures for monitoring employees at work. Vetting staff before taking them into employment can be equally fraught with legal issues. The Data Protection Act 1998 requires employers to obtain explicit consent from an employee before seeking and using certain sensitive information. This book gives guidance in this difficult area of employment law with practical advice, precedents and policies, and details of legal interpretations of the law by the Courts and Employment Tribunals.
Download or read book National Security Employment written by David Stebbins and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. government will need to proactively recruit, hire, screen, onboard, and provide continuous career-growth opportunities--and provide an exceptional candidate experience--to attract and retain new generations to the national security workforce. This report explores how security, suitability, and credentialing mechanisms might benefit from a formalized candidate experience strategy and framework to create a more positive vetting experience.
Download or read book A Diverse and Trusted Workforce written by Sina Beaghley and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors explore the potential for bias or sources of inequity related to race or ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or neurodivergence within the security clearance vetting process.
Download or read book Insider Risk and Personnel Security written by Paul Martin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook analyses the origins and effects of insider risk, using multiple real-life case histories to illustrate the principles, and explains how to protect organisations against the risk. Some of the most problematic risks confronting businesses and organisations of all types stem from the actions of insiders – individuals who betray trust by behaving in potentially harmful ways. Insiders cause material damage to their employers and society, and psychological harm to the colleagues and friends they betray. Even so, many organisations do not have a systematic understanding of the nature and origins of insider risk, and relatively few have a coherent and effective system of protective security measures to defend themselves against that risk. This book describes the environmental and psychological factors that predispose some individuals to become harmful insiders, and the most common pathways by which this happens. It considers how aspects of insider risk have been altered by shifts in society, including our increasing reliance on technology and changes in working patterns. The second half of the book sets out a practical systems-based approach to personnel security – the system of defensive measures used to protect against insider risk. It draws on the best available knowledge from industry and academic research, behavioural science, and practitioner experience to explain how to make personnel security effective at managing the risk while enabling the conduct of business. This book will be essential reading for students of risk management, security, resilience, cyber security, behavioural science, HR, leadership, and business studies, and of great interest to security practitioners.
Download or read book Updating Personnel Vetting and Security Clearance Guidelines for Future Generations written by Marek Posard and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States could face challenges in the near future with recruiting and retaining younger generations into both public trust positions and, specifically, sensitive positions that require more in-depth personnel vetting for the purposes of receiving a security clearance. For one, there is some evidence that expectations by younger adults for these positions-particularly in the government sector-may differ from those of older age groups. Furthermore, several factors that traditionally and historically have been used to gauge an individual's eligibility for a security clearance (e.g., lifestyle choices and behaviors, personal and professional associations, financial circumstances) no longer may be feasible or applicable to younger age cohorts in the same manner they were applied to earlier generations. The authors identified select trends, including age-based factors, among younger adults to understand broader social changes that may affect current security clearance adjudication guidelines for positions in the U.S. government.
Download or read book Studies in Intelligence written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Justice as Prevention written by Pablo De Greiff and published by SSRC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countries emerging from armed conflict or authoritarian rule face difficult questions about what to do with public employees who perpetrated past human rights abuses and the institutional structures that allowed such abuses to happen. Justice as Prevention: Vetting Public Employees in Transitional Societies examines the transitional reform known as "vetting"-the process by which abusive or corrupt employees are excluded from public office. More than a means of punishing individuals, vetting represents an important transitional justice measure aimed at reforming institutions and preventing the recurrence of abuses. The book is the culmination of a multiyear project headed by the International Center for Transitional Justice that included human rights lawyers, experts on police and judicial reform, and scholars of transitional justice and reconciliation. It features case studies of Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, El Salvador, the former German Democratic Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, and South Africa, as well as chapters on due process, information management, and intersections between other institutional reforms.
Download or read book HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Open Hearing written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Advanced Personnel Vetting Techniques in Critical Multi Tennant Hosted Computing Environments written by Farhan Sahito and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of cloud computing presents a strategic direction for critical infrastructures and promises to have far-reaching effects on their systems and networks to deliver better outcomes to the nations at a lower cost. However, when considering cloud computing, government entities must address a host of security issues (such as malicious insiders) beyond those of service cost and flexibility. The scope and objective of this paper is to analyze, evaluate and investigate the insider threat in cloud security in sensitive infrastructures as well as to propose two proactive socio-technical solutions for securing commercial and governmental cloud infrastructures. Firstly, it proposes actionable framework, techniques and practices in order to ensure that such disruptions through human threats are infrequent, of minimal duration, manageable, and cause the least damage possible. Secondly, it aims for extreme security measures to analyze and evaluate human threats related assessment methods for employee screening in certain high-risk situations using cognitive analysis technology, in particular functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). The significance of this research is also to counter human rights and ethical dilemmas by presenting a set of ethical and professional guidelines. The main objective of this work is to analyze related risks, identify countermeasures and present recommendations to develop a security awareness culture that will allow cloud providers to utilize effectively the benefits of this advanced techniques without sacrificing system security.
Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
