SAPPC - Personnel Security Questions
and Answers Rated A
personnel security program ✔✔seeks to ensure that only loyal, trustworthy, and reliable people
are granted access to classified information or assigned to sensitive duties.
documents that mandate the personnel security program. ✔✔• DoD Instruction 5200.02 (March
2014) establishes the policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for the DoD
Personnel Security Program.
• DoD Regulation 5200.2-R which has had three updates since 1987 covers policy for the major
elements of the personnel security program. Use of this regulation is mandatory for all DoD
components. It implements the personnel security program within the Department of Defense.
• Executive Order 12968 was the most recent executive order that required several regulatory
changes to the DoD 5200.2-R. It standardizes the personnel security program for the executive
branch. As a security professional you will become familiar with this document.
Personnel Security: Designation ✔✔Each position in the Federal service is evaluated for a
position designation. The designation is based on how the responsibilities and assignments of the
position could impact the national security.
, Positions designated as sensitive involve job duties that can have a great impact on national
security, as the individual assigned to the position could bring about, by virtue of the nature of
the position, a material adverse effect on the national security.
Positions with job duties which have no potential for material adverse effect on national security
are designated as non-sensitive. If a position is designated as having sensitive duties, the
remaining four elements will apply.
Investigation ✔✔Once an individual has been selected for a sensitive position and/or requires
access to classified information (military, civilian, or contractor) a personnel security
investigation (PSI) is conducted. The PSI report contains background information about the
person.
Adjudication ✔✔This is an evaluation of the information contained in reports of personnel
security investigations (PSIs) and other source documents.
A judgment concerning security clearance eligibility is made by evaluating the reported
information against the national security adjudication adjudicative guidelines. Final clearance
eligibility determinations decisions are made by the DoD Consolidated Adjudications Facility
(CAF)
Reinvestigation ✔✔Individuals are reinvestigated at certain intervals based on their duties or
access.
and Answers Rated A
personnel security program ✔✔seeks to ensure that only loyal, trustworthy, and reliable people
are granted access to classified information or assigned to sensitive duties.
documents that mandate the personnel security program. ✔✔• DoD Instruction 5200.02 (March
2014) establishes the policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for the DoD
Personnel Security Program.
• DoD Regulation 5200.2-R which has had three updates since 1987 covers policy for the major
elements of the personnel security program. Use of this regulation is mandatory for all DoD
components. It implements the personnel security program within the Department of Defense.
• Executive Order 12968 was the most recent executive order that required several regulatory
changes to the DoD 5200.2-R. It standardizes the personnel security program for the executive
branch. As a security professional you will become familiar with this document.
Personnel Security: Designation ✔✔Each position in the Federal service is evaluated for a
position designation. The designation is based on how the responsibilities and assignments of the
position could impact the national security.
, Positions designated as sensitive involve job duties that can have a great impact on national
security, as the individual assigned to the position could bring about, by virtue of the nature of
the position, a material adverse effect on the national security.
Positions with job duties which have no potential for material adverse effect on national security
are designated as non-sensitive. If a position is designated as having sensitive duties, the
remaining four elements will apply.
Investigation ✔✔Once an individual has been selected for a sensitive position and/or requires
access to classified information (military, civilian, or contractor) a personnel security
investigation (PSI) is conducted. The PSI report contains background information about the
person.
Adjudication ✔✔This is an evaluation of the information contained in reports of personnel
security investigations (PSIs) and other source documents.
A judgment concerning security clearance eligibility is made by evaluating the reported
information against the national security adjudication adjudicative guidelines. Final clearance
eligibility determinations decisions are made by the DoD Consolidated Adjudications Facility
(CAF)
Reinvestigation ✔✔Individuals are reinvestigated at certain intervals based on their duties or
access.
