Special Access Programs

• ILT: Introduction to Special Access Programs SA101.01
• eLearning: Special Access Programs (SAP) Overview SA001.16
• Seminar (on request only): SAP Security Awareness Seminar SA110.01
• Short: Special Access Program (SAP) Types and Categories

Governing Law and Policy

• DOD Directive 5205.07, DOD Special Access Program Policy 
• DOD Instruction 5205.11, Management, Administration, and Oversight of DOD Special Access Programs 
• DODM 5205.07, Volume 1, Special Access Program (SAP) Security Manual: General Procedures 
• DODM 5205.07, Volume 2, Special Access Program (SAP) Security Manual: Personnel Security 
• DODM 5205.07, Volume 3, Incorporating Change 1, Special Access Program (SAP) Security Manual: Physical Security 
• DODM 5205.07, Volume 4, Special Access Program (SAP) Security Manual: Marking 
• Title 10, Section 119, Special Access Programs, Congressional Oversight 

Training for SAP Security Personnel

• Phase 1 (Prerequisites for Intro to SAPs course)
  • eLearning: Developing a Security Education and Training Program GS104.16
  • eLearning: Introduction to Information Security IF011.16
  • eLearning: Introduction to Personnel Security PS113.16
  • eLearning: Introduction to Physical Security PY011.16
  • eLearning: Marking Special Categories of Classified Information IF105.16
  • eLearning: Special Access Programs (SAP) Overview SA001.16
  • eLearning: Transmission and Transportation for DOD IF107.16
  • Job Aid: Instructions for Completing DD Form 254 
  • Video: Packaging Classified Documents
• Phase 2: (Prerequisites for Mid-level Security Management)
  • ILT: Introduction to Special Access Programs SA101.01
  • eLearning: Introduction to the Risk Management Framework (RMF) CS124.16/06
  • eLearning: Risk Management for DOD Security Programs GS102.16/GS102.06
• Additional Training
  • ​ILT: Orientation to SAP Security Compliance Inspections SA210.01
  • ILT: SAP Mid-Level Security Management SA201.01
  • Short: Special Access Program (SAP) Security Incidents

SAP Security Roles and Responsibilities

• ILT: Introduction to Special Access Programs SA101.01
• Short: Special Access Program (SAP) Security Roles and Responsibilities
• Job Aid: Top Secret Control Officer (TSCO) 
• DOD Directive 5205.07, DOD Special Access Program Policy 
• DOD Instruction 5205.11, Management, Administration, and Oversight of DOD Special Access Programs (SAPs) 

SAP Security Measures

• Job Aid: SAP Briefings and Debriefings
• ILT: Introduction to Special Access Programs SA101.01
• ILT: SAP Mid-Level Security Management SA201.01
• elearning: Insider Threat Awareness Course INT101.16
• eLearning: Risk Management for DOD Security Programs GS102.16 
• eLearning: Special Access Programs (SAP) Overview SA001.16
• Department of Defense Manual 5205.02-M, DOD manual, DOD Operations Security (OPSEC) Program Manual 
• DODM 5200.01, Vol. 3, DOD Information Security Program: Protection of Classified Information, February 24, 2012 

Classification and Marking Guidance for SAP Information

• Short: Special Access Program (SAP) Markings
• DOD Directive 5205.07, Special Access Program (SAP) Policy (July 1, 2010) 
• DOD Instruction 5210.2, Access and Dissemination of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data 
• DOD Instruction 5205.11, Management, Administration, and Oversight of DOD Special Access Programs (SAPs) (February 6, 2013) 
• DOD Instruction 8510.01, Risk management Framework (RMF) for DOD Information Technology (IT) 
• DOD Manual 5200.45, Instructions for Developing Security classification Guides, April 2, 2013 
• DODM 5200.01, Vol. 1, DOD Information Security Program: Overview, Classification, and Declassification (February 24, 2012) 
• DODM 5200.01, Vol. 2, DOD Information Security Program: Marking of Classified Information (February 24, 2012, as amended) 
• DODM 5205.07, Vol 4 Special Access Program (SAP) Security Manual: Marking 
• E.O. 13526, Classified National Security Information (December 29, 2009) 
• ISOO Marking Pamphlet, Marking Classified National Security Information (December 2010) 

SAP Security Incidents

• Job Aid: SAP Security Incidents Trifold 
• Short: Special Access Program (SAP) Security Incidents

Transmission and Handling of SAP Information

• eLearning: Transmission and Transportation for DOD IF107.16
• Video: Packaging Classified Documents

Protecting SAP Information Systems

• eLearning: Introduction to the Risk Management Framework (RMF) CS124.16
• Short: Disposal and Destruction
• Job Aid: DCSA Assessment and Authorization Process Manual (DAAPM) 
• Job Aid: Introduction to the RMF for Special Access Programs (SAPs) 

Approved Destruction Processes

• Contractors Approval Form for the Destruction of Classified Material at NSA/CMC Facility 
• NSA Evaluated Products List (EPLs) 
• NSA Destruction Facility Guidelines 
• NSA Media Destruction Guidance 
• NSA Policy Manual 9-12, NSA/CSS Storage Device Declassification Manual, dated December 2007 

Social Media

• Internet Social Networking Risks 

SAPs and Industrial Security

• 32 CFR Part 117, NISPOM Rule 

Physical Security Requirements

• eLearning: ICD 705 Physical Security Construction Requirements for SAP SA501.16
• eLearning: Introduction to Physical Security PY011.16 
• eLearning: Safeguarding Classified Information in the NISP IS109.16 
• eLearning: Storage Containers & Facilities PY105.16 
• eLearning: Transmission and Transportation for DOD IF107.16
• Job aid: Operating the X-08 Lock 
• Job Aid: S&G 2740 Operating Instructions 
• Short: Classified Storage Requirements
• DOD Lock Program Technical Support 
  • Video: Changing the Combination of S&G 2740 Locks
  • Video: Changing the Combination of X-07 and X-09 Locks
  • Video: Operating S&G 2740 Locks
  • Video: Operating X-07 and X-09 Locks
• Standard Form 701, Activity Security Checklist 
• Standard Form 702, Security Container Check Sheet 

SAP Management and Oversight

• ILT: Introduction to Special Access Programs SA101.01
• ILT: SAP Mid-Level Security Management SA201.01
• eLearning: Risk Management for DOD Security Programs GS102.16/GS102.06
• Short: Special Access Program (SAP) Security Roles and Responsibilities
• DOD Instruction 5205.11, Management, Administration, and Oversight of DOD Special Access Programs 

SAP Security Compliance Inspections

• ILT: Orientation to SAP Security Compliance Inspections SA210.01
• Appendix I Inspection Data Call Letter 
• Special Access Program Inspection Report 

SAP Access Eligibility Determinations

• Continuous Evaluation
  • Implementation Guidance - Bridging the Gap to Continuous Evaluation Enrollment in Support of the Special Access Program Nomination Process 
  • Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD 6), Continuous Evaluation, January 12, 2018 
• Intelligence Community Policy Guidance (ICPG) 704.1, Personnel Security Investigative Standards and Procedures Governing Eligibility for Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and Other Controlled Access Program Information 
• Intelligence Community Policy Guidance (ICPG) 704.2, Personnel Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and Other Controlled Access Program Information 
• Intelligence Community Policy Guidance (ICPG) 704.3, Denial or Revocation of Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information, Other Controlled Access Program Information, and Appeals Processes 
• Maintaining a Personnel Security Clearance 
• DODM Special Access Program (SAP) Security Manual: Personnel Security 

Reciprocity

• Intelligence Community Policy Guidance (ICPG) 704.4, Reciprocity of Personnel Security Clearance and Access Determinations 

Personnel Security Responsibilities

• Job Aid: SAP Briefings and Debriefings 
• Job Aid: SAP Nomination Process (SAPNP) 
• eLearning: Developing a Security Education and Training Program GS104.16
• eLearning: Introduction to Personnel Security PS113.16
• eLearning: Special Access Program (SAP) Personnel Security Official (SPO) Training SA106.16
• Short: Adverse Information Reporting
• Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement - Briefing Booklet (Standard Form 312) 
• Letter of Compelling Need (LOCN) Template 
• Personnel Security Adjudicative Guidelines, Office of the President, Stephen J. Hadley Memorandum (December 2005) 
• SF-86, Questionnaire for National Security Positions 

Insider Threat and Counterintelligence

• eLearning: Establishing an Insider Threat Program for your Organization INT122.16
• eLearning: Insider Threat Awareness INT101.16
• Short: CI Foreign Travel Briefing
• Foreign Travel Debriefing 
• Verbal Elicitation 

Forms

• Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement – Standard Form 312 
• Standard F86, Questionnaire for national Security Positions 
• Special Access Programs Templates 

Note: The courses listed below are suggestions only. Please check with the appropriate authority to ensure a specific course will count towards your professional development.

Security Training for Security Professionals

• CDSE Training Course Catalog
• CDSE Security Shorts
• CDSE Security Training Videos

Security Awareness Games

• Introduction to SAP Crossword Puzzle
• SAP Hidden Objects Game
• SAP OPSEC and IA Crossword Puzzle
• SAP Stacks

Security Credentials

• SPēD Certification
• CDSE Education Program

Security Training Videos

• SAP Security Incident - Accountability
• SAP Security Incident - Bad Start
• SAP Security Incident - Overworked
• SAP Security Incident - The Email
• SAP Security Incident - Transportation

Stay Current with CDSE's Offerings

• CDSE on Facebook 
• CDSE on Twitter 
• CDSE on YouTube 
• CDSE Newsletter 

Security Professional Associations

• American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) 
• NCMS: Society of Industrial Security Professionals 
• Security Industry Association 

Other Agency Courses

• Department of Energy (DoE) National Training Center 
• National Defense University 

Additional Resources for SAP Security Personnel

• Toolkit: CI Awareness
• Toolkit: Controlled Unclassified Information(CUI)
• Toolkit: Cybersecurity
• Toolkit: Insider Threat
• Toolkit: Personnel Security
• Toolkit: Physical Security
• Toolkit: Security Assistant
• Toolkit: Security Education and Training Awareness
• Poster: Security Posters