Meet NISPOM Security Awareness Requirements With Less Work & Better Results All Around
Protect Your FCL • Save Hours • Impress Your ISR
Subscribe to the employee security awareness newsletter FSOs rely on. Get a fully compliant, branded newsletter that takes security awareness off your plate—and shows DCSA you’re serious about employee engagement and senior business leader support for your security program.
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Savvy FSOs Rely on The Employee Security Connection Newsletter
Audit Ready • Operational Efficiency • Positive Feedback
- Satisfies CFR 117.12 and supports other key requirements
- Frees up your time for other priorities
- Easy to brand and share—no content to create
- Provides clear evidence of SMO engagement
- Gets positive feedback from employees and DCSA inspectors
- Used successfully by cleared contractors for nearly 40 years
Holly Reynolds, FSO, Trident Systems
"We subscribe to NSI’s Security Connection because it educates our employees on numerous security awareness topics critical to creating a strong security culture. Not only do the employees learn something new, but so does the security staff. Utilizing the Security Connection has also helped free up time to work on other requirements."
Built for NISPOM Compliance
The Employee Security Connection supports multiple areas of NISPOM compliance, including:
- CFR 117.12 – Security Awareness & Education
- CFR 117.7 – Personnel Security
- CFR 117.10 – Safeguarding
- CFR 117.11 – Classified Meetings
- CFR 117.13 – Reporting
- CFR 117.18 – Insider Threats
- CFR 117.7(c)(2) – SMO Engagement
Susan Correia, SVP, PURVIS Systems
"This is a great resource for our employees, helps our company meet compliance, is affordable and the articles are worth reading!"
DCSA Is Looking for Evidence of SMO Engagement – Now You'll Have It
Let Your SMO be the business sponsor of your branded Employee Security Connection – we make it easy!
When your company’s Employee Security Connection is sent from the SMO each quarter, it shows visible leadership support and reinforces the business value of security. It also provides a clear, documented example of your business leader engaging the program —something DCSA pays close attention to during reviews.
- CFR 117.7(c)(2) requires evidence of SMO support for the NISP
- Your branded Employee Security Connection sent from the SMO shows leadership takes security seriously
- Use our email cover letter to easily add a message from the SMO
- Employees get the message–Security is a business priority
Susan Neal, FSO, 3db
"Great newsletter. Information for cleared and uncleared personnel. Employees thank us for making the information available to them! "
Bonus Features: No Additional Cost
- Permission to also share with unlimited # of uncleared employees at your facility
- Email cover letter template comes with each issue to use when you email the newsletter to your employees
- Optional “Security Corner” template page so you can add content if you want – easy to do!
What You Get as a Subscriber
Efficiency • Effectiveness • Program Excellence
- Fully formatted, ready to share 8-Page PDF newsletter, delivered at the start of each new quarter: Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct
- Concise, professionally written articles of on a variety of security topics relevant to NISP and best security practices
- Permission to co-brand with your company’s logo – easy to do!
- Meet NISPOM requirements for security awareness, easy to document for DCSA
- Show SMO engagement to DCSA when you make your SMO the business sponsor of your branded Employee Security Connection
Thomas Brown, Director, Government Security Services, AECOM
I get regular thank-you notes from employees when I send out our Employee Security Connection. Just today I received the following feedback, entirely unsolicited: "I hope most people actually read these newsletters you send out; they are amazingly interesting and insightful."
People Will Actually Read Your Newsletter
We make security relatable & interesting – which means higher engagement and less frustration trying to make security stick.
- Short articles combined with a few concise feature stories
- Writing tone that’s friendly, non-technical
- Pleasant visual layout, easy on the eyes
- Easy to scan, doesn’t feel like homework
- Includes topics that help your employee protect their personal lives as well as classified data and critical assets at work
Kyle Mckay, FSO, FlightSafety
"My company has subscribed to the Employee Security Connection for many years. The content focuses on helping employees understand security risks and identify insider threats. The quarterly issues exceed the NISPOM compliance requirement and keep security in front of our employees. A big plus, it also focuses on security at home and keeping our personal lives safe. I highly recommend adding Security Connection to your security program."
Go Ahead and Check a Year's Worth of Security Awareness Off Your To-Do List!
Strengthen Your Program – Save Hours – Impress DCSA
Set your security awareness communication program to automatic. No more interruptions due to shifting priorities, increased workloads, or staff changes. With the Employee Security Connection, “hit send” is the only necessary task, ensuring a steady, continuous campaign that keeps your employees engaged and your program in compliance.
- Subscribe once and be covered for the next 4 quarters
- Distribute by email, intranet, or print—whatever works for you
- No content to create, no extra approvals needed
- Stay ready for DCSA review with proof of continuous effort