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View OCFO hosts Appropriations Law Training at Quantico

QUANTICO, Va. – The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) hosted its first Appropriations Law Training Seminar at the Russell-Knox Building, Aug. 4-7, 2025. This four-day, instructor-led event marked a significant milestone in...

View CDSE launches 2025 National Insider Threat Awareness Month website

The Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE), a training and education provider within the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), recently launched the 2025 National Insider Threat Awareness Month (NITAM) website. Since inception in 2019, NITAM provides a unique...

View DCSA services transition to Cloud as part of TW 2.0

QUANTICO, Va. – The Defense Information System for Security (DISS) will begin migration  to the cloud this weekend as part of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s (DCSA) “Cloud Smart” strategy under the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS).  This transition aligns with...

View DCSA Director: DOD, government, industry and academia partnership with America’s Gatekeeper protects the nation’s trusted workforce, spaces, secrets

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – “The global threat environment is converging into kind of a perfect storm.” Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Director David Cattler explained his perception that a storm of such magnitude is brewing as he spoke to insider threat and security professionals from...

View DCSA Security Conference for DOD offers exclusive Army breakout session

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is partnering with the U.S. Army to host an exclusive breakout session on Aug. 28 at the conclusion of the DCSA Security Conference for Department of Defense (DOD).

View DITMAC and CDSE win 2025 intelligence community training and education award

Of all people – DoD Insider Threat Management and Analysis Center (DITMAC) Deputy Director Henry Nelson – knows that countering insider threats is a team sport. It’s still nice to be reminded, especially if it comes in the form of a prestigious intelligence community award.  A Defense...