SFPC EXAM: All Areas Updated 2026/2027 Questions With
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Terms in this set (202)
Indicators of insider threats 1. Failure to report overseas travel or contact
with foreign nationals
2. Seeking to gain higher clearance or expand
access outside job scope
3. Engaging in classified conversations without
NTK
4. Working inconsistent hours
5. Exploitable behavior traits
6. Repeated security violations
7. Unexplainable affluence/living above one's
means
8. Illegal downloads of information/files
,Elements that should be considered in identifying Critical Elements which if
compromised could:
Program 1. cause significant degradation in mission
effectiveness,
Information 2. shorten expected combat-effective life of
system
3. reduce technological advantage
4. significantly alter program direction; or
5. enable adversary to defeat,
counter, copy, or reverse engineer
technology/capability.
Elements that security professional
should consider when 1. Assess
assets assessing and managing risks to DoD
assets (risk 2. Assess
threats
management process) 3. Assess Vulnerabilities
4. Assess risks
5. Determine countermeasure options
6. Make RM decision
The three categories of Special Access Programs acquisition, intelligence, and
, operations & support
Types of threats to classified information Insider Threat, Foreign Intelligence
Entities (FIE), criminal activities, cyber threats,
business competitors
The concept of an insider threat An employee who may represent a threat to
national security. These threats encompass
potential espionage, violent acts against the
Government or the nation, and unauthorized
disclosure of classified information
The purpose of the Foreign Visitor Program 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 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 level.
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Terms in this set (202)
Indicators of insider threats 1. Failure to report overseas travel or contact
with foreign nationals
2. Seeking to gain higher clearance or expand
access outside job scope
3. Engaging in classified conversations without
NTK
4. Working inconsistent hours
5. Exploitable behavior traits
6. Repeated security violations
7. Unexplainable affluence/living above one's
means
8. Illegal downloads of information/files
,Elements that should be considered in identifying Critical Elements which if
compromised could:
Program 1. cause significant degradation in mission
effectiveness,
Information 2. shorten expected combat-effective life of
system
3. reduce technological advantage
4. significantly alter program direction; or
5. enable adversary to defeat,
counter, copy, or reverse engineer
technology/capability.
Elements that security professional
should consider when 1. Assess
assets assessing and managing risks to DoD
assets (risk 2. Assess
threats
management process) 3. Assess Vulnerabilities
4. Assess risks
5. Determine countermeasure options
6. Make RM decision
The three categories of Special Access Programs acquisition, intelligence, and
, operations & support
Types of threats to classified information Insider Threat, Foreign Intelligence
Entities (FIE), criminal activities, cyber threats,
business competitors
The concept of an insider threat An employee who may represent a threat to
national security. These threats encompass
potential espionage, violent acts against the
Government or the nation, and unauthorized
disclosure of classified information
The purpose of the Foreign Visitor Program 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 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 level.
