Agency News

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...

View New authentication solution creates issues for users

QUANTICO, Va. – Earlier this week, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency introduced a new cybersecurity multi-factor authentication solution to strengthen the Agency’s security posture for the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS).The capability was rolled out hastily, with...

View DCSA Leaders honored at ceremony react to Presidential Rank Awards, share perspectives

QUANTICO, Va. – The six Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) senior executives who won Presidential Rank Awards were officially recognized at a formal ceremony at DCSA headquarters on May 9. “It's an honor to be here today to celebrate you and really – to present you with the...