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SOLUTIONS WITH VELOCITY TM

>> FOREIGN INFLUENCE Increased awareness of the targeted information and
 Undisclosed visits to foreign diplomatic facilities methods of operation used by foreign entities is critical to
improving our ability to identify and thwart collection
 Trips to foreign countries inconsistent with an attempts.
individual’s financial ability
Timely and accurate reporting from cleared industry is the
 Foreign entities targeting employees traveling primary tool DSS uses to identify and mitigate collection
overseas via airport screening or hotel room efforts targeting information and technology resident in
incursions cleared industry.
 Unreported close and continuing contact with a Immediately report suspicious activities, behaviors, and
foreign national, including intimate contacts, shared contacts to your facility security officer.
living quarters, or marriage
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CLEARED
>> SUSPICIOUS CONTACTS COMPANIES
 Requests for information that make an individual
suspicious, including questionable contacts or Report any incidents that meet the thresholds of NISPOM
interaction paragraphs 1-301, or 1-302a. or b.
These lists are not all inclusive. Some of the examples are
>> SUSPICIOUS FINANCIAL ACTIVITY also considered security violations or personnel security
 Unexplained expensive purchases not reasonably issues, which should be handled in accordance with
supported by the individual’s income applicable procedures.
 Sudden unexplained reversal of a negative financial Cleared contractors must also report actual, probable, or
situation or repayment of large debts possible espionage, sabotage, terrorism, or subversion
promptly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and
>> RECORDING DEVICES DSS (NISPOM 1-301).
 Unauthorized possession of cameras or recording or Although this requirement is not directed to unclassified
communication devices in classified areas
information or systems, contractors must report activities
 Discovery of suspected surveillance devices in that otherwise meet the threshold for reporting, including
classified areas activities that may have occurred on its unclassified
information systems. (See Industrial Security Letter 2013-
CLEARED INDUSTRY’S ROLE 05)
The technology and information resident in U.S. cleared
industry is under constant and pervasive threat from
foreign intelligence entities seeking to gain the Security Tip
technological edge.
When you detect suspicious actions that

Immediately report suspicious activities, behaviors, require reporting, contact the American
and contacts to your Facility Security Officer: Cyber Facility Security Officer, Tom
Thomas Buesing, 703-869-8348 Buesing, tbuesing@americancyber.com,
(703) 869-8348 to file your initial report
quickly, and provide more specific details
in follow-on reporting.

DEFENSE SECURITY SERVICE
www.dss.mil

NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY CENTER
www.ncsc.gov

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