| When building an adaptive, constantly growing | | | | Organization. Presently DSS taken |
| Enterprise or even the nation as a whole, in | | | | responsibility for approximately 11,000 |
| which Businesses and IT are synchronized to | | | | cleared contractor facilities. |
| capitalize on change, it requires a secure IT | | | | |
| infrastructure. With security safeguards | | | | Security Education, Training and Awareness |
| tightly integrated you can enhance your | | | | Program |
| ability to address risk management, cost | | | | |
| containment, quality of service, and overall | | | | A Security Education, Training and Awareness |
| business agility. | | | | Program called SETA is implemented by DSS |
| | | | which provide security education and training |
| Different Security Services You can Avail | | | | to security professionals and develops |
| | | | security awareness products for their use. |
| A Managed Security Service Provider is an | | | | Through regular classrooms, computer-based |
| Internet service provider that provides an | | | | training, correspondence/distance learning |
| organization with some amount of network | | | | and tele-training, the Program provides a |
| security management like virus blocking, spam | | | | curriculum focusing on the core security |
| blocking, intrusion detection, firewalls and | | | | disciplines while integrating |
| virtual private network management. It can | | | | counterintelligence and network or |
| also handle system changes, modifications, | | | | information systems security. |
| and upgrades. | | | | |
| | | | Mission critical areas for DSS are |
| Apart from this, we also have the Defense | | | | implementing the National Industrial Security |
| Security Service (DSS) which is a Department | | | | Program (NISP) and the Collaborative |
| of Defense agency. The Under Secretary of | | | | Adjudication Services (CAS) under which the |
| Defense for Intelligence has the complete | | | | Counterintelligence (CI) Office, the Defense |
| authority, direction and control over DSS and | | | | Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) |
| has its field offices throughout the United | | | | and the Clearance Liaison Office (CLO) |
| States. DSS Headquarters are located in | | | | operate. |
| Alexandria, Va. An Enterprise can take the | | | | |
| help of DSS. It has about 285 Industrial | | | | DISCO which is located in Columbus-Ohio, |
| Security Representatives who are located | | | | processes requests for industrial personnel |
| across the U.S. in four geographic regions. | | | | security investigations and provides |
| They provide guidelines and assistance to | | | | eligibility or clearance notifications for |
| cleared contractor facilities and also assist | | | | industry personnel which comes under NISP. |
| the organization's management and Security | | | | There are approximately about 800,000 cleared |
| Officers in ensuring the protection of the | | | | contractor personnel under the NISP program. |