Facility Clearance (FCL) Orientation Handbook Flashcards
DCSA
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
FCL
Facility Clearance
CSO
Cognizant Security Office
NISPOM
National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual
What document has the requirements, restrictions, and other safeguards you must put in place?
NISPOM
What is a Facility Clearance?
An administrative determination that from a national security standpoint a company is eligible for access to classified information at the same or lower classification level as the clearance being granted.
Who is the CSO for DoD?
DCSA
DCSA FCB
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Facility Clearance Branch
GCA
Government Contracting Activity
NISP
National Industrial Security Program
Where are the eligibility requirements for a company to obtain a FCL?
NISPOM 2-102
KMP
Key Management Personnel
What are some of the requirements for eligibility of a FCL?
- employees must need access to information that is classified at the Facility Clearance level requested.
- meet personnel security clearance requirements for certain KMPs
NISS
National Industrial Security System
Requirements for interim security clearance
- no FOCI foreign ownership, control, or influence
- KMPs have personnel clearances at the interim level or higher
- initial orientation meeting has been completed
DCSA ISR
DCSA Industrial Security Representative
When can a final FCL be issued?
- all KMP are cleared at the final level of the requested FCL
- there are no open changed conditions that would impact the FCL
the initial orientation meeting has been completed
FOCI
Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence