Agency News

View DCSA Announces Director’s Retirement

QUANTICO, Va. – The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) announces the retirement of Director David M. Cattler, effective September 30, 2025. As Director, Cattler leads the United States Government’s premier organization of approximately 15,000 federal and contract support...

View Deadline approaching for use of February 2024 version of Standard Forms (SF)

In May 2025, a revised version of the Standard Forms (SF) 85, 85P, 85P-S, and 86, with a date of February 2024, was made available in the National Background Investigation Services and Electronic Application for background investigations. Starting Aug. 1, 2025, DCSA will sunset and no longer accept...

View DCSA announces strategy to achieve IT integration, innovation – future-proofing the agency

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) released a 2025-2030 Information Technology (IT) Strategic Plan that guides the delivery of innovative and secure IT solutions to ensure the trustworthiness of the U.S. government workforce and cleared industry.The agency’s first IT...

View DCSA Personnel Security mission reorganizes as new Personnel Vetting directorate

QUANTICO, Va. – Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Director David M. Cattler approved the reorganization of DCSA’s Personnel Security directorate into the new Personnel Vetting directorate with a focus on effective and efficient delivery of the end-to-end personnel vetting mission for...

View DCSA prepares for security training URL migration

LINTHICUM, Md. - By the end of June, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) will transition the Security Training, Education, and Professionalization Portal (STEPP) and the Security Awareness Hub (SAH) platforms to new URLs under DCSA owned domains.URL changes will not impact the...

View CDSE: Developing tomorrow's security leaders through advanced education

LINTHICUM, Md. – The Education Division, within the Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE), builds future security leaders as the premier provider of online higher education for the Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. government security community.As part of the Security Training...