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EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 2/39 - Replaces the Moderate-Risk Background Investigation, or MBI. Tier 3 investigations are conducted for positions designated as - Answer-- Noncritical- sensitive, and/or requiring Confidential, Secret or DOE " L " access eligibility and military accessions. - Has a basic scope of five years - The investigative form is SF-86 - Replaces NACLC and ANACI Tier 4 investigations are conducted for positions designated as - Answer-- Nonsensitive, high-risk public trust. - Has a basic scope of five to seven years - The investigative form is SF-85P EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 3/39 - Replaces Background Information (BI) Tier 5 investigations are conducted for positions designated as - Answer-- Critical-sensitive or special-sensitive and/or requiring DOE "Q" access or access to Top Secret or Sensitive Compartmented Information, or SCI. - Has a basic scope of five to seven years - The investigative form is SF-86 - Replaces Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) The Statement of Reasons (SOR) contains - Answer-- A comprehensive and detailed written explanation of the basis for the unfavorable determination. - An explanation of the subject's rights and a detailed statement explaining the intent (Letter of Intent (LOI)) to deny or revoke a security clearance eligibility by the DoD Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF). The Executive Orders: E.O. 12968 establishes - Answer-A uniform federal Personnel Security Program for employees who are considered for initial or continued access to classified information EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 4/39 Automated Access Control Systems (AACS) fall into three general types - Answer-- Coded device (keypad/PIN code) - Credential devices (smart card/CAC) - Biometric devices (hand geometry, fingerprint, facial recognition, iris pattern, voice verification, and retinal scanning) Secret classification definition - Answer-Information that could be expected to cause serious damage to the national security if unauthorized disclosure occurs. Confidential classification definition - Answer-Information that reasonably could be expected to cause damage to the national security if unauthorized disclosure occurs Top Secret classification definition - Answer-Information that reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security if unauthorized disclosure occurs. Compilation - Answer-Items of information that are individually unclassified or classified at a lower level, may be classified, or classified at a higher level, only if the compiled information reveals an additional association or relationship. Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) - Answer-Any individual or organization may request a declassification review of information classified pursuant E.O. 13526 EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 5/39 Automatic Declassification - Answer-Historical value information which is automatically declassified if not reviewed by December 31 of the year in which they become 25 years old, unless exempt or delayed Systematic Declassification - Answer-Complementary program to automatic declassification. Information exempted from automatic declassification is continuously reviewed for possible declassification An "insider" is defined as - Answer-Any person with authorized access to DoD resources by virtue of employment, volunteer activities, or contractual relationship with DoD. This can include employees, former employees, consultants, and anyone with access An "insider threat" is defined as - Answer-The threat that an insider will use his or her authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly, to do harm to the security of the United States. This threat can include damage through espionage, terrorism, unauthorized disclosure of national security information, or through the loss or degradation of department resources or capabilities. Reports to be submitted to the FBI - Answer-Actual, probable or possible espionage, sabotage, terrorism, or subversive activities at any of their locations. Individual reporting obligations and requirements - Answer-- Personal Foreign Travel (even Canada) must be reported EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 6/39 - Personal Foreign Contacts - Outside Activities (Speeches, Books, Manuscripts) - Reportable only if it is going to involve information about activities or involvement with the Intelligence Community. Reportable behavioral indicators - Answer-• Significant changes in personality, behavior, or work habits (being disgruntled to the point of wanting to retaliate, repeated or unrequired work outside of normal duty hours, making threats to the safety of people or property) • Substance abuse or addictive behaviors (e.g., alcohol and drug abuse/gambling) • Considerable financial change (e.g., unexplained affluence or excessive debt) • Disgruntled to the point of wanting to retaliate • Disregard for security procedures and protocols EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 7/39 • Seeking access to classified or proprietary information and systems/technology without a "need-to-know" • Access to facilities and/or proprietary information outside of normal work hours • Unauthorized removal, or unnecessary copying or hoarding of classified or proprietary material (e.g., at home) Reportable Insider Threat indicators - Answer-- Mishandling of Classified Information - Misuse of Computer Systems - Suspicious Cyber Incidents - Foreign Influence - Suspicious Contacts (Requests for information that make an individual suspicious, including questionable contacts or interaction) EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 8/39 - Suspicious Financial Activity - Recording Devices (Unauthorized possession of cameras or recording or communication devices in classified areas, discovery of suspected surveillance devices in classified areas) Potential espionage indicators - Answer-• Repeated security violations and a general disregard for security rules • Failure to report overseas travel or contact with foreign nationals when required to do so • Seeking to gain higher clearance or expand access outside the job scope without bona fide need for the access • Engaging in classified conversations without a need to know • Attempting to enter areas not granted access to • Working hours inconsistent with job assignment or unusual insistence on working in private EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 9/39 • Accessing information not needed for job Critical Program Information (CPI) definition - Answer-U.S. capability elements that contribute to the warfighters' technical advantage, which if compromised, undermines U.S. military preeminence. U.S. capability elements may include, but are not limited to, software algorithms and specific hardware residing on the system, its training equipment, or maintenance support equipment. Risk management process (DoD Acquisition) - Answer-• Identification • Analysis • Mitigation Planning • Mitigation Plan Implementation • Tracking Risk management process (CDSE) - Answer-Asset, threat, vulnerability, risk, countermeasures EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 10/39 The three categories of Special Access Programs (SAP) - Answer-Acquisition, intelligence, and operations and support SAP types - Answer-- Acknowledged - Unacknowledged List three different types of threats to classified information. - Answer-Insider Threat, Foreign Intelligence Entities (FIE), and Cybersecurity Threat The purpose of the Foreign Visitor Program - Answer-To track and approve access by a foreign entity to information that is classified; and to approve access by a foreign entity to information that is unclassified, related to a U.S. Government contract, or plant visits covered by ITAR. Special Access Program definition - Answer-A program established for a specific class of classified information that imposes safeguarding and access requirements that exceed those normally required for information at the same classification l