Key Resources

• SPēD Candidate Task Aid 
• DOD Professional Certification and Credentialing Handbook (April 2024) 
• SPēD PMO Certification and Credential Maintenance Guidelines 
• CDSE sponsored Security Training
• CDSE sponsored Security Education
• Webinars and Tutorials

• SFPC/SPIPC/SAPPC/PSC Competency Preparatory Tool (CPT) 
• ISOC/ATC/SPSC Competency Preparatory Tool (CPT)
• APC/DPAPC competency Preparatory Tool (CPT)
• Defense Security Essential Body of Knowledge (D-SEBOK)

Forms

• SPēD Certification Program Appeal Request 
• SPēD Certification Program Waiver Request 
• DCSA 236, Request for Reasonable Accommodation 
• Contractor Eligibility Verification Form 

Fact Sheets

• Cyber Standards for Security Practitioners Fact Sheet 
• PDU Category Fact Sheet 
• SPēD Flyer for Industry 

Policy Guidance

• DOD Manual (DODM) 3305.13, "DOD Security Accreditation and Certification"   (14 March 2011) (Revised 27 April 2018)
• DOD Instruction (DODI) 3305.13, "DOD Security Education, Training, and Certification"   (13 February 2014) (Incorporating Change 2, Effective September 24, 2020)
• Security Professional Education Development (SPēD) Certification Program Implementation Plan  (June 2013) (Revised 29 January 2014)
• DOD Directive (DODD) 5143.01, "Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD(I))"   (23 November 2005) (Incorporating Change 3, Effective October 29, 2020)
• DODI 3115.11, "DOD Intelligence Human Capital Management Operations"   (22 January 2009) (Incorporating Change 3, Effective October 29, 2020)
• Intelligence Community (IC) Directive (ICD) 652, "Occupational Structure for the Intelligence Community Civilian Workforce"   (28 April 2008)
• ICD 610, "Competency Directories for the Intelligence Community Workforce"   (4 October 2010)