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{{Short description|Agency in the U.S. Department of Defense}} {{distinguish|Defense Security Cooperation Agency|National Counterintelligence and Security Center|4=Defense Criminal Investigative Service}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | seal = Defense% 20Counterintelligence% 20and% 20Security% 20Agency Seal% 20Color 250(1).png | seal_width = 200 | seal_caption = Seal of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | logo = DCSASpecialAgent.png | logo_caption = Special agent's badge of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | formed = {{start date and age|df=yes|2019|09|30}} | preceding1 = Defense Investigative Service (DIS) (1972–1999) | preceding2 = Defense Security Service (DSS) (1999–2019) | agency_type = [[Security Agency]] | jurisdiction = United States | operation = United States | headquarters = [[Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia]], U.S. | coordinates = | region_code = [[US]] | employees = | budget = | chief1_name = [[David M. Cattler]] | chief1_position = Director | chief2_name = | chief2_position = | chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = | chief4_position = | chief5_name = | chief5_position = | chief6_name = | chief6_position = | chief7_name = | chief7_position = | chief8_name = | chief8_position = | chief9_name = | chief9_position = | parent_department = [[United States Department of Defense]] | website = {{URL|https://www.dcsa.mil/}} }} The '''Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency''' ('''DCSA''') is a federal security and [[List of U.S. Department of Defense agencies|defense agency]] of the [[United States Department of Defense]] (DoD) that reports to the [[Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence]].<ref name="DSCAAboutUs">{{cite web|title=Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency: About Us |url=https://www.dcsa.mil/about/ |access-date=2022-02-02 }}</ref> DCSA is the largest counterintelligence and security agency in the federal government and is responsible for providing personnel vetting, critical technology protection, [[counterintelligence]], training, education and certification. DCSA services over 100 federal entities, oversees 10,000 cleared companies, and conducts approximately 2 million [[background investigation]]s each year. ==Background== The agency was originally established as the Defense Investigative Service and was created on January 1, 1972.<ref name="DSShistory">{{cite web|title=About DSS – History|url=http://www.dss.mil/about_dss/history.html|access-date=2012-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625131735/http://www.dss.mil/about_dss/history.html|archive-date=June 25, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1999, the agency changed its name to the Defense Security Service.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dss.mil/about/history/|title=History|website=www.dss.mil|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> In July 2019, DSS was reorganized as DCSA, in conjunction with the transfer of responsibility for conducting background investigations from [[United States Office of Personnel Management|OPM]]'s [[National Background Investigations Bureau]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dss.mil/About-Us/News/News-Display/Article/1884750/new-agency-name-acting-director/|title=New agency name, acting director|website=Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/04/29/2019-08797/transferring-responsibility-for-background-investigations-to-the-department-of-defense|title=Transferring Responsibility for Background Investigations to the Department of Defense|date=2019-04-29|website=Federal Register|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> ==Responsibility== DCSA conducts personnel security investigations for 95% of the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]], supervises industrial security, provides counterintelligence support to the cleared [[defense industrial base#united states|defense industrial base]], and performs security education and training. DCSA also provides the uniformed US military services, Department of Defense agencies, 35 [[Federal agencies in the United States|federal agencies]], and approximately 10,000 cleared government contractor facilities with security support services. The Director of DCSA reports to the [[Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence]]. ==National Industrial Security Program (NISP)== DCSA administers the [[National Industrial Security Program|NISP]] on behalf of the Department of Defense and [https://www.dcsa.mil/about/agreements/ 35 other federal agencies]. DCSA provides oversight to approximately 10,000 cleared contract companies to ensure they are adequately protecting facilities, personnel, and associated Information Technology systems from attacks and vulnerabilities. ==Organization== DCSA is organized into five directorates, each of which are led by a mission director and contain various subcomponents. *Personnel Security Consolidated Adjudication Services (CAS) *Industrial Security National Access Elsewhere Security Oversight Center (NAESOC) NISP Authorization Office (NAO) *Security Training Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE) The National Center for Credibility Assessment (NCCA) *Counterintelligence & Insider Threat DoD Insider Threat Management and Analysis Center (DITMAC) * Field Operations Western Region Central Region Eastern Region Mid-Atlantic Region ==Personnel== DCSA Industrial Security Representatives, Counterintelligence Agents, Background Investigators, and Information System Security Professionals are credentialed [[Special agent|Special Agents]]. DCSA also uses a number of contract investigators and staff to help support DCSA's various missions. ==Locations== The DCSA headquarters is located on [[Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia|Marine Corps Base Quantico]]. DCSA also has 167 field offices across the United States. ==See also== '''US military investigative organizations''' * [[Air Force Office of Special Investigations]] (AFOSI) * [[Coast Guard Investigative Service]] (CGIS) * [[Defense Criminal Investigative Service]] (DCIS) * [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service]] (NCIS) * [[United States Army Counterintelligence]] (ACI) * [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Command]] (USACIDC or CID) * [[United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division]] (USMCCID or CID) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commonscat-inline}} * {{official website|1=https://www.dcsa.mil/|2=Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency}} {{DOD agencies}} {{United States intelligence agencies}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:United States Department of Defense agencies|Security Service]]
