Facility Security Officer (FSO) Toolkit
This toolkit will quickly point you to the resources you need to help you perform your role as a Facility Security Officer (FSO). Do you have a question about how to do something or need more information about a topic? Select a category to start accessing resources.

FSO 

CDSE Training Systems

Curricula

eLearning Courses

Virtual Instructor-led Training (VILT)

Job Aids

Security Awareness Games/Posters

Security Shorts

Security Training Videos

Webinars

Key Entities/Resources for FSOs

Security Professional Organizations

Guidance for Classified Contracts

Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Resources

  • Acquisition Toolkit (under Resources):
    • DAU Lunch & Learn Events
    • DAU Online Library
    • DAU Media
    • DAU Tools & Resource Database

 

Facility Clearance (FCL)

eLearning Courses

Job Aids

  • Business Structure Job Aid PDF icon
  • FCL Orientation Handbook (includes the following): PDF icon 
    • FCL Checklist
    • Templates for Exclusion Resolutions (See Appendix B):
      • Highest Cleared Entity Noting Excluded Entity’s Exclusion and Resolution to Exclude Parent Organization
      • Exclusion Resolution of Corporate Organization
      • Exclusion Resolution for LLC Member (Organization)
      • Exclusion Resolution for Certain Directors, Officers, and LLC Members

Security Shorts

Webinars

Key Entities/Resources

Forms

FCL System of Record

Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI)

Training

Resources

Personnel Clearances (PCL)

eLearning Courses

Job Aids

Security Shorts

Security Training Videos/Webinars

Key Entities/Resources

Forms

PCL Systems of Record

DOD Personnel Security System of Record

Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations

Electronic Fingerprints (e-fingerprints)

Safeguarding and Handling Classified Information Training

eLearning Courses

Job Aids

Security Shorts

Security Training Videos

Webinars

Forms

Key Entities/Resources

Unauthorized Disclosure (UD) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)

Training/Resources

Classified Visits and Meetings

eLearning

Job Aids

Security Shorts

International Visit Resources

Incoming

Outgoing

  • Outgoing Classified Visit Process (includes the following): External Link Icon
    • Request for Visit (RFV) & Instructions
    • Country Specific Visit RFV
    • NATO Security Clearance Certificate (NSCC) Instructions & Form

​Reporting

eLearning Courses

Job Aids

Security Shorts

Security Training Videos/Webinars

Key Entities/Resources

International

eLearning Courses

  • Security Support to International Programs in Cleared Defense Industry IS181.16
  • Job Aids

    Security Shorts

    Key Entities/Resources

    Security Assurances for Personnel and Facilities

    • References (website contains information & formsExternal Link Icon
      • Limited Access Authorizations (LAAs) for Non-U.S. Citizens
      • NATO Security Clearance Certificate (NSCC) Verifications for Foreign Nationals
      • Facility Security Clearance (FSC) Verification Requests of a Foreign Company

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