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Agency in the U.S. Department of Defense
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Seal of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
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Special agent's badge of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
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Formed
| 30 September 2019
; 4 years ago
(
2019-09-30
)
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Preceding agencies
| - Defense Investigative Service (DIS) (1972?1999)
- Defense Security Service (DSS) (1999?2019)
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Type
| Security Agency
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Jurisdiction
| United States
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Headquarters
| Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
, U.S.
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Agency executive
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Parent department
| United States Department of Defense
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Website
| www
.dcsa
.mil
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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
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The agency was originally established as the Defense Investigative Service and was created on January 1, 1972.
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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
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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)
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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
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DCSA is organized into five directorates, each of which are led by an Assistant 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
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DCSA Industrial Security Representatives, Counterintelligence Special 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
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The DCSA headquarters is located on
Marine Corps Base Quantico
. DCSA also has 167 field offices across the United States.
See also
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US military investigative organizations
References
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External links
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Media related to
Defense Security Service
at Wikimedia Commons