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DSS provides initial training and special briefings to the FSO. The FSO is then authorized to provide the training to the cleared employees. According to NISPOM , the FSO is also required to attend the DSS mandated FSO Program Management Course within one year of appointment. This means that cleared contractors should be prepared to send a designated FSO to the DSS Academy for the training, or take the training on line. Either way, the FSO must be certified. DSS provides new courses designed for FSOs of possessing and non-possessing facilities. FSOs should coordinate with their DSS representative to determine the training that’s right for their situation. The training is designed to prepare the FSO to implement and direct a NISPOM based security program in their cleared contractor facility including, but not limited to the following topics: Protecting classified material – The proper receipt, accountability, storage, dissemination and destruction of classified material. ...

Try these questions. Scroll down for answers: 1. Destruction records must contain _____ and be kept for _____. a. Date of destruction, two years  b. SSN of destroyer, two years c. Name of destroyer, one year d. ID material destroyed, one year e. Date of Classification, five years 2. Which types of door locking devices are approved for access to closed area entrance doors? a. Key operated pad lock  b. Handprint reader c. Deadbolt key lock d. Swipe card reader e. All the above 3. During the accreditation cycle the _____ may grant an interim approval to operate the system. a. FSO b. ISSM c. ISSO d. CSA  e. GCA 4. The _____ shall contain IS ID and location and a statement signed by ISSM certifying that IS implements the requirements in the security plan. a. SSP b. IS Certification Report  c. Master SSP d. SPP e. Security Classification Guide Answers follow: 1. Destruction records must contain _____...