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The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) recently announced changes to required training for Insider Threat Program Personnel to address the increasingly aggressive tactics used by adversaries in recruiting U.S. employees with access to proprietary or classified information. With all of the recent downsizing of federal agencies and the slew

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As is evidenced by numerous state laws, the use of marijuana (THC) products for medical use is quite common now even though still illegal under federal law. So, what happens when you have a security clearance, and your attending physician prescribes THC products to alleviate the pain of a medical

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As in previous years, financial issues rule the roost as the number one reason for a security clearance denial. The number of appeals heard by…
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The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) published their latest investigation processing stats a few days ago. This includes the processing of the investigations and…
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