Agency News

View Mulit-Factor Authentications update June 6, 2025

QUANTICO, Va. – The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) help desk continues to experience a high volume of calls related to the multifactor authentication (MFA) process for the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) program and its two interfaces — the electronic...

View DCSA announces a change to designated training for insider threat program personnel in cleared industry

QUANTICO, Va. – Effective July 1, 2025, insider threat program personnel within cleared industry will have updated training requirements.  This update continues to provide industry partners with flexibility in meeting mandatory training requirements while ensuring the protection of classified...

View DCSA to update security training URLs

Linthicum, Md. - The Security Training, Education, and Professionalization Portal (STEPP) and the Security Awareness Hub (SAH) will be updating the URLs for all training resources towards the end of June. This update is part of an ongoing effort to enhance the security and functionality of these...

View Multi-Factor Authentications Update for May 27, 2025

QUANTICO, Va. – Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) rolled out a new multifactor authentication (MFA) process for the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) program and its two interfaces on May 14 — the electronic application (eApp) and NBIS Agency.  This action was...

View Roll out issues persist, mitigation measures continue 

QUANTICO, Va. -- Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s (DCSA) continues to work Help Desk backlog as a result of the challenges in implementing the multi-factor authentication solution for the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) deployed on May 14.  Although numbers are...

View Update: New authentication ongoing rollout issues

QUANTICO, Va. -- Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s (DCSA) continues to experience challenges with the new cybersecurity multi-factor authentication solution for the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) deployed on May 14. As a result, Agency Help Desk wait times continue...