The
USDA Information
Security Staff (ISS)
is responsible for
providing guidance
to both USDA agencies
and its contractors
on Departmental
security classification
programs. ISS conducts
security indoctrination
and awareness training,
provides guidance
on the award of
contracts that require
access to classified
information, and
assists agencies
with the purchase
of classified destruction
devices as well
as secure copiers
and fax machines.
Goals in Pursuit
of the ISS Mission
in FY11:
Information
Security Goals:
Develop draft
DR for Protection
of Sensitive Compartmented
Information (SCI).
Coordinate and implement
annual refresher
information security
awareness training
for individuals
who maintain SCI
access. Prepare
draft Standard Operating
Procedures (SOP)
guidance for the
loss, unauthorized
disclosure of Classified
National Security
Information.Continue
to conduct classification
reviews of food
and agriculture
vulnerability assessments
in support of the
Strategic Partnership
Agroterrorism (SPPA)
Initiative. Initiate
an outreach program
to support our agency
Information Security
Coordinators.