SECNAV M 5510.30, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM Flashcards
The objective of what is to authorize initial and continued access to classified information and/or initial and continued assignment to sensitive duties to those persons whose loyalty, reliability and trustworthiness are such that entrusting them with classified information or assigning them to sensitive duties is clearly consistent with the interests of national security?
Personnel Security Program (PSP)
Who is responsible for establishing and maintaining a PSP in compliance with the provisions of EOs, public
laws, NSC, DoD regulations and other security directives regarding trustworthiness standards and the protection of classified information?
SECNAV
Who is responsible for ensuring that the DON has an effective PSP and for complying with all directives
issued by higher authority?
CNO (N09N)
Standards for the classification and safeguarding of national security information are detailed in E0 12958 and further amended by what?
EO 13292
What provides overall policy guidance on information and personnel security matters?
National Security Council (NSC)
Who is a United States cabinet level official who serves as the head of the Intelligence Community (1C), and is the principal advisor to the President, the NSC, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to national security?
Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
What has the responsibility for issuing directives as necessary to implement EO 12958 and provides guidance regarding the Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement. Standard Form (SF) 312?
Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)
The Policy Coordinating Committees (PCC) are how many interagency committees established by National
Security Presidential Directive (NSPD l) to coordinate interagency national security policy issues?
Seventeen
Who interprets E0 provisions in response to questions arising from implementation upon request from the head of an agency or the Director, ISOO?
Attorney General of the United States
What is the single provider of personnel security investigative products for the DoD?
OPM
Who is charged by Title 50 U.S.C. Section 403(g), National Security Act of 1947. with protecting
intelligence sources and methods?
DCI
What is the primary internal security agency of the Government with jurisdiction over investigative matters, which include espionage. sabotage, treason and other subversive activities?
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Who is the DON agency head responsible under EO 12968 for establishing and maintaining an effective PSP to ensure that access to classified information by each DON employee is clearly consistent with the interests of national security?
SECNAV
What provides centralized coordination and direction for signals intelligence and communications security
for the Federal Government?
National Security Agency (NSA)
What coordinates the intelligence efforts of the Army, Navy and Air Force and is responsible for
implementation of standards and operational management of Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) for the DoD?
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
What administers the DoD Industrial Security Program DoDs Security Education, Training and Awareness Program, and serves as the Executive Agency for PSP automation, including the Joint Personnel Adjudication System (IPAS) and DoDs Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e Qip) program?
Defense Security Service (DSS)
What makes personnel security eligibility determinations for individuals in private industry (contractors) who need access to classified information in order to perform their jobs and responds to requests for information regarding contractor personnel security clearance applications?
Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO)
What administers due process procedures for Industrial Security Program unfavorable personnel security determinations and provides hearings and appeals support to DoD military and civilian unfavorable personnel security determinations?
Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA)
The President, Personnel Security Appeals Board (PSAB) presides over the PSAB, a how many member panel appointed by CNO (N09N) to review and decide appeals of unfavorable DON CAF determinations?
Three
The Director of what reports directly to DIRNCIS and is the personnel security adjudicative determination
authority for all individuals affiliated with the DON?
DON CAF
Who is responsible for ensuring the information technology security for DON Information Technology (IT) systems?
DON CIO
Who is responsible for ensuring personnel security requirements for Navy military members are properly
identified to JPAS and that matters relating to the DONs PSP are appropriately coordinated with CNO
(N09N2)?
Chief of Naval Personnel
What is responsible for the security management, implementation, and oversight of SCI security programs for CNO(N2)?
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
Who is delegated the authority to approve or disapprove requests for access to or transfer of DON technical data or disclosure of DON classified or sensitive unclassified information to foreign governments, international organizations and their representatives in accordance with national disclosure policy?
Director, Navy International Programs Office (Navy IPO)
Commanding Officers are responsible for day to day PSP management and suspending access to classified information for cause when warranted, notifying the DON CAF within how many days and forwarding all pertinent information to DON CAF for a personnel security eligibility determination?
10
Programs requiring security measures in addition to those requirements for the protection of Top Secret,
Secret or Confidential classified information, which are established by and within the 000 are referred to as what?
Special Access Programs (SAPS)
Who is responsible for the coordination of the approval, administration, support, review, oversight, and reporting of all DON SAPS?
CNO (N7SP)
The command security manager may be assigned full time, part time or as a collateral duty and must be a
military officer or a civilian employee, what paygrade or above, with sufficient authority and staff to manage the program for the command?
GS-11
The command security manager must be a US. citizen and have been the subject of a favorably adjudicated Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completed within how many years prior to assignment?
Five
Who is the key in developing and administering the commands ISP and PSP?
Security manager
A TSCO must be an officer, senior non commissioned officer what rank or above, or a civilian employee, GS 7 or above?
E7
Persons designated as assistant security managers must be US. citizens, and either officers, enlisted persons what rank or above, or civilians GS 6, or above?
E-6
A person designated as a Top Secret Control Assistant (TSCA) must be a US. citizen and either an officer, enlisted person E 5 or above, or civilian employee what pay grade or above?
GS 5
Who is responsible for establishing. implementing and maintaining the DON information system and
information assurance program and is responsible to the commanding officer for developing, maintaining. and directing the implementation of the information assurance (IA) program within the command?
IAM
The IAM must have a favorable SSBI completed within five years of initial assignment, which is updated by Single Scope Background Investigation Periodic Reinvestigation (SSBI PR) every how many years?
Five
The duties and functions of the IAM are prescribed by “Department of the Navy Information Assurance (IA)
Policy”, which is what instruction?
SECNAVINST 5239.3A
Who is the principal advisor on the SCI security program in the command and is responsible to the
commanding officer for the management and administration of the program?
SSO
The SSO and a subordinate SSO will be appointed, in writing. and each will be a US. citizen and either a
commissioned officer or a civilian employee in what pay grade or above?
GS 9
Certain matters affecting national security must be reported to the what so appropriate counter intelligence action can be taken?
DIRNCIS
When personnel who have access to classified information commit or attempt to commit suicide. the
individual’s commanding officer will immediately forward all available information to the nearest NCIS office for action, with an information copy to the what?
DON CAF
Commands will advise personnel of the particular vulnerabilities associated with foreign travel during
orientation and refresher briefs how often?
Annually
Among the minimum requirements for security education is the requirement of refresher briefings for
personnel who have access to classified information how often?
Annually
Among the minimum requirements for security education is the requirement of Counterintelligence briefings annually for personnel who have access to information classified what or above?
Secret
Execution of the nondisclosure agreement forms will be recorded in what?
JPAS
All personnel who have access to material classified Secret or above must receive periodic briefings, how
often, on all threats posed by foreign intelligence and terrorist organizations?
Annually
Individuals with SCI access should be referred to their what for foreign travel briefing requirements?
SSO
A debriefing will be given to individuals who no longer require access to classified information as a result of
temporarily separating for a period of how many days or more, including sabbaticals, leave without pay status, or transfer to the Inactive Ready Reserves (IRR)?
60
Individuals must read and execute a Security Termination Statement (what form), at the time of debriefing’?
OPNAV 5511/14
When the Security Termination Statement is executed at the conclusion of a Limited Access Authorization, the original will be retained in command files for how many years?
Two
The SECDEF has specifically directed that Security Termination Statements will be executed by senior
officials (flag and general officers, what paygrade and above, Senior Executive Service and equivalent
positions)?
ES-1
What offers the Naval Security Manager Course, DON unique core training developed to train security
managers, but also available to security specialists and assistants?
STAAT
What refers to those identifiable character traits and past conduct which are sufficient to demonstrate the
likelihood that an employee or applicant will carry out assigned federal government duties with the necessary efficiency and effectiveness?
Employment suitability
What provides the rules and regulations to carry out the employment suitability determination program under Title 5, United States Code of Federal Regulation (CFR)?
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
A sensitive position is any position whose occupant could bring about, by virtue of the nature of the position.
an adverse effect on the national security. How many sensitivity levels are there?
Three
What sensitivity level carries with it the potential for inestimable impact and/or damage?
Special-Sensitive (SS)
What sensitivity level carries with it the potential for grave to exceptionally grave impact and/or damage?
Critical-Sensitive (CS)
What sensitivity level carries with it the potential for some to serious impact and/or damage?
Noncritical Sensitive (NCS)