Security Executive Blog

   Have you taken the next step to being competitive in the government contracts arena? If not, this article will provide information and tips based on a proven method of studying for and passing the exam.  Why earn a certification? There are several reasons to achieve certification. One of which allows cleared defense contractor owners and employees to take advantage of opportunities offered in the recent Presidential Executive Order: National Security Professional Development. The Executive order states: "In order to enhance the national security of the United States...it is the policy of the United States to promote the education, training, and experience of current and future professionals in national security positions (security professionals)..." The National Strategy identified in the Executive Order provides a plan to give security professionals access to education, training to increase their professional experience in efforts to increase their skill level and abi...

Check out our podcast Some security training and briefings are very discouraging for the workforce. Many times, the training is the exact same video or presentation used year after year. This podcast and article discusses ways to improve training by making it applicable based on skill level. In other words, someone who has been working on classified contracts for five years or more already understands the three levels of classified information; so why not move on. So, if you go to my website www.redbikepublishing.com , you might find training and tests that do ask those types of questions. That’s because many of my books and training products are specifically for security managers and includes certification study guides. It’s appropriate for me to ask administrative types of questions. It’s unfair to provide that type of training to the workforce.  This topic is specifically about how to make your security training more effective for your work force. There are two types of training...

https://www.bennettinstitute.com/courses NISPOM Fundamentals Webinar Red Bike Publishing is now hosting a webinar with multiple installations. We used to host it at Udemy, but are hosting our own training. Take NISPOM Classes one chapter at a time Currently we have each of the NISPOM Chapters 1-8 available. Each lesson is 1 to 2.5 hour long consisting of lectures, presentations and graded quizzes. Soon I'll be loading the rest, but you can start training now. Or all at once as we have bundled these courses. We now have the NISPOM Fundamentals course ready to go. This course combines chapters 1-8 and is updated regularly with additional chapters and content. Register now and have access to all updates. As we update, we will be charging more depending on the amount of content. However, if you register now, this registration will include all future updates at no additional cost. The fundamentals of NISPOM is $350.00. However, for the next few days, we offer them for th...

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.  Response times for investigating alarms shall not exceed: a. Thirty minutes    ...

As discussed in an earlier installation in the series covering the Self Inspection Handbook for NIST Contractors , the government depends on Cleared Defense Contractors (CDC) to operate security programs designed to protect classified information from receipt to disposition. This article addresses the safe and secure removal of classified information. Question: Are procedures established to review classified holdings on a recurring basis for the purpose of maintaining classified inventories to the minimum required for classified operations?  Answer: NISPOM 5-701. Contractors shall establish procedures for review of their classified holdings on a recurring basis to reduce these classified inventories to the minimum necessary for effective and efficient operations. Multiple copies, obsolete material, and classified waste shall be destroyed as soon as practical after it has served its purpose. Any appropriate downgrading and declassification actions shall be taken on a timely ba...