Practitioner Training – Training We Provide
Training for CI and Security Practitioners
Welcome to the National Counterintelligence and Security Center Training page. Our mission is to provide you with the training and the resources that you need to protect our nation’s critical assets. We can help you do this through:
- Counterintelligence Training
- Security Training
- Insider Threat Training
Our courses teach NCSC compliance requirements, ODNI requirements, and will give you information that is required/recommended to perform your job duties, and gain counterintelligence, security, and insider threat skills, that will allow you to grow, develop, and lead.
Security Executive Agent
Policy Guidance
Policy
- Security Executive Agent Authorities and Responsibilities (SEAD-1) (PDF) Security Executive Agent Authorities and Responsibilities
- Security Executive Agent Directive-2 (SEAD-2) (PDF) Use of polygraph in support of personnel security determinations for initial or continued eligibility for access to classified information or eligibility to hold a sensitive position (Revised September 2020)
- Security Executive Agent Directive-3 (SEAD-3) (PDF) Reporting Requirements
- Security Executive Agent Directive-4 (SEAD-4) (PDF) National Adjudicative Guidelines
- Security Executive Agent Directive-5 (SEAD-5) (PDF) Collection, use, and retention of publicly available social media information in personnel security background investigations and adjudications
- Security Executive Agent Directive-6 (SEAD-6) (PDF) Continuous Evaluation
- Security Executive Agent Directive-7 (SEAD-7) (PDF) Reciprocity of Background Investigations and National Security Adjudications
- Security Executive Agent Directive-8 (SEAD-8) (PDF) Temporary Eligibility
- Security Executive Agent Directive-9 (SEAD-9)(PDF) Whistleblower Protection: Appellate Review of Retaliation Regarding Security Clearances and Access Determinations (May 2022)
- Security Executive Agent Clarifying Guidance Concerning Marijuana for Agencies Conducting Adjudications of Persons Proposed for Eligibility for Access to Classified Information or Eligibility to Hold a Sensitive Position (December 2021)
Law
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) Public Law 108-458, reforms the Intelligence Community and creates the Director of National Intelligence.
Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2010, Public Law 111-259 Authorized intelligence and intelligence-related activities for FY 2010 creating additional security clearance related oversight and reporting requirements for the DNI Security Executive Agent.
Security Executive Agent
Executive Orders
- Executive Order 10450 (PDF), Security Requirements for Government Employment, April 27, 1953 Requires that all persons employed in Government departments and agencies be reliable, trustworthy, of good conduct and character, and of complete and unswerving loyalty to the United States
- Executive Order 12968 (PDF), Access to Classified Information, August 2, 1995 Establishes a uniform Federal personnel security program for employees who will be considered for initial or continued access to classified.
- Executive Order 13467 (PDF), Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information, (June 30, 2008). Expanded on IRTPA requirements to further align and guide reform efforts within Government
- Executive Order 13488 (PDF), Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of Public Trust, (January 16, 2009). Complements EO 13467 by further aligning reciprocity to the extent possible between security clearances and Fitness, Public Trust determinations.
- Presidential Memorandum (PDF) for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, dated February 5, 2008, Subject: Security Clearances. Directs the Reform Effort principals to produce a comprehensive reform proposal establishing comprehensive credentialing, security clearance, and suitability processes.
Reports
Guidelines for Personnel Security Research Recommendations from the IC Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Group (3/12)
Personnel security research is conducted to improve security processes and provide policymakers with a defensible evidence base from which to justify their risk-management decisions. While U.S. Government agencies strive to conduct sound personnel security research, the degree to which this research adheres to scientific principles of study design, procedures, statistical analysis, and reporting often varies. At the request of the Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC), this document was created to serve as a reference for both researchers and policymakers. Authored by behavioral scientists familiar with personnel security research, it provides guidance on scientific approaches to study design, sampling, data collection, statistical analysis, and the reporting of research findings. This document should be used as a reference by those undertaking research efforts in personnel security and by those seeking to use personnel security research findings to inform policy or process decisions.