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Get your copy @ www.redbikepublishing.com These NISPOM based questions could be helpful in passing the NCMS ISP Certification and the DoD's SPeD Certification exams including the most recent Industrial Security Oversight Certification ( ISOC) . Taking practice tests is a great way to prepare for an exam. Successful students in grade school and college study using guides and exam preparation questions based on the test subject material. This same successful methodology can also help prepare for professional exams like ISP Certification and SPeD Certification.  Practice tests augment certification exam preparation.  Red Bike Publishing's Unofficial Study Guide  features four complete test length practice exams based on  NISPOM .  We've updated our manual for NISPOM Change 2.  1.     A contractor’s information management system should be able to retrieve classifi...

This article addresses the NISPOM based Insider Threat Program (ITP) compliance requirements and is inspired by questions from the Self Inspection Handbook for NISP Contractors . The article uses the handbook’s format to through the self-inspection criteria. We begin the topic question, the NISPOM reference, an explanation of requirements, and finally how to inspect compliance. Topic Question(s): Does your ITPSO ensure compliance with insider threat requirements established in the NISPOM and in the implementing guidance provided by DSS? EVIDENCE: Explain who and how and how often oversight reviews are conducted NISPOM Reference(s): 1-207b 1-202 The NISPOM references provided are to measure application of the cleared contractor’s Insider Threat Program (ITP) . However, the compliance is applicable to the broad implementation of NISPOM and security disciplines and not just the ITP.  For example, the NISPOM requires cleared contractors to conduct a secu...

The Defense Security Service (DSS) has transitioned into a security and counterintelligence organization called Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. This new entity still has some of the original mission, but is reorganized to include security clearance investigations, counterintelligence support, and NISP oversight for the DoD. There are currently three mission areas: Critical Technology Protection, Professional Education, and Trusted Workforce. Of the three mission areas, the Trusted Workforce includes security clearance tasks and responsibilities. The Defense Vetting Directorate (DVD) integrates background investigations, insider threats , screening, continuous vetting, industry clearance submissions and adjudications. To make this happen, the capabilities for the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) and DoD Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF) are brought in, contributing to a…”contribute to a holistic, responsive, end-to-end personnel vetting e...