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June 9, 2025

Security Training URLs changing, update bookmarks

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, effective June 30, 2025. This update is part of an ongoing effort to enhance the security and functionality of these platform’s online resources.  The current URLs will

June 6, 2025

Multi-Factor Authentications update for 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 application (eApp) and NBIS Agency.   DCSA has surged

June 5, 2025

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 information and critical assets.Under this guidance,

May 29, 2025

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 platform’s online resources.  What does this mean: 

May 27, 2025

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 required to strengthen the cybersecurity posture of

May 21, 2025

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 improving, there is still much work to be done. The

May 20, 2025

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 to be a problem.    We understand that this

May 15, 2025

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 little notice to customers, and without enough

May 15, 2025

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 highest and most prestigious award for career senior

May 14, 2025

DCSA and MTU students partner to develop AI tool advancing national security mission

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) recently collaborated with a team of Michigan Technological University (MTU) students to develop an artificial intelligence-powered solution aimed at identifying potential indicators of foreign influence within publicly available corporate documents. The project, guided by Corey Sampson,