Our Mission
Through vetting, industry engagement, education, and counterintelligence and insider threat support, secure the trustworthiness of the United States Government's workforce, the integrity of its cleared contractor support, and the uncompromised nature of its technologies, services, and supply chains.
Our Vision
DCSA’s elite security experts illuminate national security risks to empower faster, smarter decision-making that protects American innovation and resilience to enable mission success.
DCSA Strategic Execution Plan
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency stands at the intersection of government-wide trusted workforce, national security, and industrial base protection. Guided by the Secretary of War’s National Defense Strategy, Deputy Secretary’s Warfighting Acquisition Transformation efforts, and Trusted Workforce 2.0, our mission is to deliver data-driven, threat-informed, and customer-trusted security services at scale
The FY2026 – 2028 DCSA Strategic Execution Plan defines six strategic priorities for the agency:
- Deliver NBIS
- Deploy NI2 to Modernize Industrial Security
- Modernize and Sustain Trusted Workforce Determinations
- Rebuild the Workforce Compact
- Operate as a Customer-Centric Business
- Drive Audit-Ready Integration and Agency Efficiency with AI