Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

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Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Type: Intelligence Agencies
Parent organization: U.S. Department of Defense, under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
Employees: 11000
Executive: Director
Budget: Over $2 billion (fiscal year 2023 estimate)
Address: 27130 Telegraph Rd, Quantico, VA 22134, USA
Website: https://www.dcsa.mil
Creation Legislation: Department of Defense Directive 5105.42
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Mission
DCSA's mission is to safeguard the nation's critical assets by providing security oversight, counterintelligence, and insider threat support to the Department of Defense and other U.S. government entities. It focuses on ensuring the trustworthiness of personnel, contractors, and facilities involved in national security activities.
Services

Personnel Security; Industrial Security; Counterintelligence; Insider Threat; Education and Training

Regulations
Not to be confused with Defense Security Cooperation Agency, National Counterintelligence and Security Center, Defence Communication Services Agency, or Defense Criminal Investigative Service.
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Agency Overview
Formed 30 September 2019; 5 years ago (2019-09-30)
Preceding agencies Defense Investigative Service (DIS) (1972–1999)
Defense Security Service (DSS) (1999–2019)
Jurisdiction United States
Headquarters Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, U.S.
Agency Executive David M. Cattler, Director
Parent department United States Department of Defense
Website
dcsa.mil

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is a federal security and defense agency of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) that reports to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.[1] 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 investigations each year.

Background

The agency was originally established as the Defense Investigative Service and was created on January 1, 1972.[2] In 1999, the agency changed its name to the Defense Security Service.[3] In July 2019, DSS was reorganized as DCSA, in conjunction with the transfer of responsibility for conducting background investigations from OPM's National Background Investigations Bureau.[4][5]

Responsibility

DCSA conducts personnel security investigations for 95% of the federal government, supervises industrial security, provides counterintelligence support to the cleared defense industrial base, and performs security education and training. DCSA also provides the uniformed US military services, Department of Defense agencies, 35 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 NISP on behalf of the Department of Defense and 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 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. DCSA also has 167 field offices across the United States.

See also

US military investigative organizations

References

  1. ↑ "Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency: About Us". https://www.dcsa.mil/about/. 
  2. ↑ "About DSS – History". http://www.dss.mil/about_dss/history.html. 
  3. ↑ "History". https://www.dss.mil/about/history/. 
  4. ↑ "New agency name, acting director" (in en-US). https://www.dss.mil/About-Us/News/News-Display/Article/1884750/new-agency-name-acting-director/. 
  5. ↑ "Transferring Responsibility for Background Investigations to the Department of Defense". 2019-04-29. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/04/29/2019-08797/transferring-responsibility-for-background-investigations-to-the-department-of-defense. 

External links

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