What FSOs can find in the new NISPOM Change 1
NISPOM With Change 1 Available at www.RedBikePublishing.com Well, it’s here, just this side of six years after the release; Change 1 to the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual. Over the recent three years there have been draft versions of NISPOM submitted, reviewed and resubmitted, but for the most part the NISPOM has remained unchanged. A testimony to an efficient product or policy? Could be. Too many higher level executive order and policy changes? Maybe. Though there has not been a major re-write or even revision, Change 1 does incorporate some important considerations, to include both domestic and international concerns. As programs and research efforts expand globally, Facility security officers (FSO) should know how to protect it in house and train cleared employees to do the same; this includes new markings and storage requirements. The major revision is in NISPOM Chapter 4, Classification Markings, Paragraph 1, Derivative Classification. Prima...