Policy and Capabilities (P&C) is led by the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Policy and Capabilities, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy.
- Acquisition, Procurement & Facilities (AP&F) - Acquisition, Procurement & Facilities serves as the IC Senior Acquisition Executive (SAE) and facilitates improvements in the IC mission by providing confidence that investments in new capabilities are available quickly, developed effectively, and meet user needs. AP&F is also responsible for executing IC Senior Procurement Executive (SPE) and IC Senior Real Property Officer (SRPO) functions that enables communities of practice to ensure IC professional skills and tools are world-class across acquisition, procurement, contracting, infrastructure, logistics, and facilities management disciplines.
- Data and Partnership Interoperability (DPI) - The Data and Partnership Interoperability (DPI) office is responsible for leading the IC in managing information and data to ensure that it gets to the right people at the right time in the right format, while building, enabling, and maintaining domestic partnerships to mutually share information, people, processes, technologies, innovations, and ideas to inform decision making at all levels while advancing the IC mission and strengthening national security. DPI partners include the White House, IC elements, Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial governments and a broad range of private sector partners including industry, non-government organizations (NGOs), and academia.”
- Policy & Strategy (P&S) - Sets the strategy and policy framework, enabling the IC's ability to deliver timely, accurate, relevant intelligence, support and capabilities to stay ahead of opportunities and risks in our complex global and technological environment. Drives the implementation of strategy and policy across the IC, ensuring current activities are aligned with future vision.
- Requirements, Cost, and Effectiveness (RC&E) - Requirements, Cost, and Effectiveness (RC&E) informs decision making by delivering insight on the future intelligence environment and fact-based analysis on strategic issues, capabilities, cost, and effectivness.
- Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) - Invests in high-risk, high-reward research to achieve an overwhelming intelligence advantage for the Nation. Drives groundbreaking research and development in support of our future strategies, enhances innovation across the breadth of IC activities, and allows the IC to take advantage of cutting-edge technology, resulting in critical advances that propel the IC forward.
This sections provides additional resources that have been developed by our various partners that provide additional information and resources to the Insider Threat Community. Resources include external links, briefings, and documentation. NITTF would like to thank our partners for sharing their information with the Insider Threat Community.
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| PERSEREC | PERSEREC | Website |
PERSEREC Threat Lab. The Defense Personnel and Security Research Center (PERSEREC) is committed to improving the efficiency, effectiveness and fairness of the DoD personnel security and suitability programs. In furtherance of this mission, PERSEREC established the Threat Lab in 2018 to realize the DoD Counter-Insider Threat Program Director’s vision to integrate the social and behavioral sciences into the mission space. For more information on PERSEREC, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and the Threat Lab, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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| Certified Counter-Insider Threat Professional (CCITP) | DOD | Website |
OUSD(I&S), in partnership with the NITTF, created two professional certifications. These certifications were developed with maximum participation from across the USG, resulting in broad applicability across the InT workforce. The website provides information for potential candidates that are interested in completing the program.
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| EPRM | United States Air Force (USAF) | PowerPoint Briefing |
NOTE: Presentation was made during the NITTF Spring Forum in May 2018.
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| Insider Threat Mitigation | Department of Homeland Security (DHS) | Website |
NOTE: This website was developed by the department of Homeland Security to discuss the importance of mitigating insider threats.
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| Active Shooter Preparedness Portal | Active Assailant Security Branch, CISA (AAS CISA) | Website |
NOTE: The website provides products, tools, and resources to help you prepare for and respond to an active shooter incident.
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| Planning and Response to an Active Shooter: An Interagency Security Committee Policy and Best Practices Guide | Interagency Security Committee, CISA (ISC CISA) | Website |
NOTE: This second edition of the Planning and Response to an Active Shooter: An Interagency Security Committee Policy and Best Practices Guide removes the FOUO material from the first edition released in July 2015 so that this guidance could be distributed to the public.
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Insider Threat Awareness Course Additional Training: http://www.cdse.edu/catalog/insider-threat.html |
Defense Security Service (DSS) Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE) | Online Training |
NOTE: For agencies without "in house" training for their workforce, the NITTF issued a directive in 2014 for federal agencies to use the Defense Security Service (DSS) Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE) web-based Insider Threat Awareness course. The DSS CDSE site is open to all government D/As, and certificates are available after course completion.
* Materials listed below is for Official Use only and has not been approved for public release. Please contact the NITTF if you have an official need for this item.
| Name of Resource | Author of Resource | Resource Type |
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| *Civil Liberties and Privacy Training | Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | Briefing |
NOTE: The FBI Office of the General Counsel, Privacy and Civil Liberties Unit, prepared these slides to aid federal departments and agencies (D/As) in training insider threat personnel on civil liberties and privacy laws. NOTE: This training presentation, in and of itself, does not meet the minimum standards. D/As may incorporate these into their own civil liberties and privacy training with added D/A-specific material from, and with the concurrence of, their general counsel.
| Name of Resource | Author of Resource | Resource Type |
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| *OMBs Role in Federal Cybersecurity Risk Management | Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Briefing |
NOTE: Presentation was made during the NITTF Fall Forum in November 2017.
| Name of Resource | Author of Resource | Resource Type |
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| *DVE Pilots Summary | Department of Defense | Briefing |
NOTE: Presentation was made during the NITTF Spring Forum in May 2018.
| Name of Resource | Author of Resource | Resource Type |
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| *Risky Business Threats as Opportunity for Innovation | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) | Briefing |
NOTE: Presentation was made during the NITTF Fall Forum in November 2017.
NITTF Directives & Advisories
This section of the resource library provides the Executive order that establishes the NITTF as well as additional information on key insider threat topics developed by NITTF. For additional information please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
As needed, the NITTF publishes advisories and directives, the former serve to inform, instruct, or guide and the latter to establish a policy, assign responsibilities or define objectives to be followed. In addition, NITTF has fostered the development and publication of policy and programmatic tools such as the Insider Threat Program Cost Model, the Insider Threat Security Classification Guide, and the Guide to Accompany the National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards.
Directives and Advisories:
- Insider Threat Program Activities and Compliance with Trusted Workforce 2.0
- NITTF Advisory 2021-002: Sunsetting the NITTF Insider Threat Hub Operations Course
- NITTF Advisory 2021-001: Insider Threat Program Personnel Training (PDF)
- NITTF Advisory 2017-01: Insider Threat Competency Resource Guide (Unclassified) (PDF)
- NITTF Advisory: Maturing the Enterprise (Unclassified) (PDF) and Insider Threat Overlays (Unclassified) (PDF)
- NITTF Clarification of Enterprise Audit Management (EAM), User Activity Monitoring (UAM), Continuous Monitoring, and Continuous Evaluation Memorandum*
- NITTF Insider Threat Awareness Training Directive*
- NITTF Computer Banner Language Advisory*
- NITTF Data Mining Reporting Advisory*
- NITTF Legal Guidance Advisory*
- NITTF Records Management Advisory*
NOTE: Materials in the NITTF Resource Library marked with asterisk (*) are For Official Use Only and has not been approved for public release. Please contact the NITTF (Hyperlink to email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) if you have an official need for this item.
For additional information on the National Insider Threat Policy, click on the NITTF Policy & Legal Page.
This section includes learning modules that have developed and shared by NITTF Partners and provides additional insider threat information and training to the Insider Threat Community. For additional information please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
One of our Intelligence Community partners developed this training to address a variety of insider threat matters such as leaks, spills, espionage, sabotage, and targeted violence. Click on the image to access the module.
This mental wellness training was developed by the Office of Intelligence Community Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity to explain challenges our workforce may endure if they are experiencing mental health issues. While there are times when behaviors of security concern overlap with mental disorders and require further review, the overwhelming reason for an employee to visit an agency’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is to have an objective, trained professional help sort out generally temporary and minor emotional problems. Click on the image to access the module.
NITTF Endorsed Workforce Training:
In addition to training tailored for your insider threat professionals, the Minimum Standards also require insider threat awareness training for the federal workforce. Many D/As have taken the initiative to develop their own training in line with the standards. For agencies without "in house" training for their workforce, the NITTF issued a directive in 2014 for federal agencies to use the Defense Security Service (DSS) Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE) web-based Insider Threat Awareness course. The DSS CDSE site is open to all government D/As, and certificates are available after course completion. Additional DSS CDSE training can be found at http://www.cdse.edu/catalog/insider-threat.html
NITTF Produced Guides & Templates
This section of the resource library provides guidance developed and produced by the NITTF, including the Any Given Day Video and the 2017 Insider Threat Guide. For additional information please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
NITTF Guides and Multimedia:
| 2017 NITTF Insider Threat Guide | Protect Your Organization Guide |
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| 2017 Insider Threat Guide: A Compendium of best practices to accompany the National Insider Threat Minimum Standards Errata |
Protect Your Organization from the Inside Out: Government Best Practices (PDF) |
| Any Given Day Video |
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Any Given Day (VIDEO) is an 8-minute video that was produced to enhance insider threat education and awareness. It highlights the balance between collecting information and privacy concerns and presents a side of insider threat programs that is not often considered: protecting national security at the human level. Executive Order 13587 focuses on safeguarding classified networks and classified information, but it's not just about information; it's also about protecting people. NITTF encourages inclusion of this video in your existing training plan for your workforce. |
NITTF Technical Bulletins
NITTF has developed Technical Bulletins that identify key technical issues in developing an Insider Threat program. Please click on the NITTF Technical page to review these bulletins.
Additional NITTF Guides and Templates
- Insider Threat Program Inquiries Handbook*
- Insider Threat Cost Model Template*
- NITTF 2014 Guide to Accompany the National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards*
- (New) A Capabilities-Driven Framework for Threat Mitigation*
* This material is For Official Use Only and has not been approved for public release. Please contact the NITTF if you have an official need for this item.
For Additional guidance on Assessment Information please refer to the NITTF Assessment Page.