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Information Assurance / Information Security / Network Security What High School Counselors Should Know

Ken CrockettDirector, Critical Infrastructures & Cyber Protection Center

What does it mean?

• NS = Network Security

• IS = Information Security

• IA = Information Assurance

NetworkSecurity

InformationSecurity

Information Assurance

Employment opportunities vast

• Federal, State, Local Governments• *Dept of Defense – NSA, DISA• *Dept of Homeland Security • Industry - all DoD and DHS

contractors plus others (ex. SAIC, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Booz Allen Hamilton)

• Private Sector – banks, insurance companies, mortgage brokers

NO INDUSTRY IS IMMUNE – ANYONE WITH SENSITIVE DATA IS AT RISK!

Pathways to Enter IA Careers

• Earn an industry certification• Earn an associate’s degree in

IA/IS/NS• Earn a bachelor’s degree in

IA/IS/NS• Encourage students to

consider all of these options – ONE STEP AT A TIME

How can Capitol College help?

• Articulation Agreements with three community colleges already exist – AACC, PGCC, CCBC

• More agreements coming…• Capitol’s Bachelor of Science

in Information Assurance includes– A+ Industry Certification Prep– Network+ Industry Cert Prep

• Job Guarantee!

What is a Security Clearance?

A security clearance is adetermination by the UnitedStates government that a person is eligible for access to classified information.

Overview

• Security Clearances– Confidential, Secret, Top

Secret

• Highly Sensitive Information– Sensitive Compartmented

Information (SCI)– Special Access Programs (SAP)

• Clearance Process– Preinvestigation– Investigation– Adjudication

• Polygraph

Getting a Clearance

• What types of things can prevent someone from getting a clearance?

Four Criteria for Denial

• An individual convicted of a crime and sentenced to prison for more than one year.

• An applicant is (currently) an illegal user of, or is addicted to, a controlled substance.

• The subject is mentally incompetent.

• The individual has been discharged

or dismissed from the armed forces under dishonorable conditions.

Lifestyle

• Looks for issues in a person’s private life for that which he or she might be blackmailed.

• Questions might concern drug and alcohol use, sexual preference and behavior, mental health, family issues, relationships, compulsive or addictive behavior, finances, and more.

Issues of Concern

If issues of “concern” Surface during any phase of security processing,coverage is expanded to resolve those issues.

Contact Information

Ken CrockettDirector, CICPC

ken@capitol-college.eduOr

cicpc@capitol-college.edu (301) 369-2800 x3026