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How Security Clearances Work

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People often ask the question: "How do I get a security clearance? Or how can my business get a security clearance?" My first response is market yourself. There's nothing you can do about getting a security clearance until somebody sees value in your product or your service and sponsors the business for a security clearance.  Value is simply someone who has a tangible need for a particular product or service and they want to put you on contract already classified contract to be able to use your products or services.  There are many jobs that require security clearance or services and some of those jobs include janitorial services, engineering services, secretarial, you name it. There are many opportunities out there to get a security clearance. However, one cannot just get a security clearance in preparation for the work. The work offer comes first.  The first step is to be sponsored by a federal government entity, a government contracting agency  (GCA) or ...

New Resource for NISPOM testing

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Red Bike Publishing is excited about adding a new resource to assistant you with your NISPOM studies. It's an online test of 110 random NISPOM questions with a 2 hour time limit. Though this is not guaranteed to give you a passing grade, this can be used as a practice test for the ISP Certification or the ISOC certification exam. Just visit the link and sign up for the online exam . All you need is to register for the practice test and have a pdf copy of NISPOM available and you are ready to go.  The practice exam has 110 multiple choice NISPOM questions and is timed for 120 minutes. You can take it up to 20 times in a six month period as you study for the actual exam day. Each time you test, the questions and answers will appear in random order. Give it a try . For practice purposes, download the electronic version of the NISPOM and use it to help search the answers to the provided test questions. Use a timer to count down 120 minutes for each practice exam. Register for...