Kevin was right in that you can't gain a clearance on your own in
anyway.
He also is wrong about a clearance moving with you. Secret and Top
Secret clearances are good for 2 years after you leave a cleared
position.
They become inactive after you leave the position, but can be activated
by any one in need of a cleared individual. This would take most
companies or agencies less then 2 weeks, where a full clearance can take
a year. Some low level clearance like NACI and departmental clearances
are only for that agency. Having a clearance over 2 years old means
your clearance can no longer be reactivated and you must reapply all
over again. Some company like to see that at some point you have held a
clearance, so they are not wasting their time doing a clearance for you.
I repeat DoD clearances will move from one job to another. It's good to
know so that your current employer doesn't try to get you to stay
"because" your clearance is only good at that job.
Ramon McKoy
Network Engineer, USAID\IG\NO
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Stevens [mailto:certification@pursued-with.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 2:38 PM
To: itpro_pa
Cc: CISSP-Discuss@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CISSP-D] Security Clearence
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, itpro_pa wrote:
I see this forum talk a lot about the well treasured (as they should
be)
certifications. Having a decade of experience in the field of IT, but
as
a newbie to this sector, I was wondering about the added factor of a
security clearance and the marketability of the credentials. Can
ANYONE
in this forum tell of their experience or the path one might take in
getting even the most minimal clearance possible? I am currently
scheduled to sit for the CISSP on March 12th in Baltimore. I am really
interested in gaining security clearance but heard (and read) it is
quite costly unless you have a corporate sponsor. Is this true? Can
one
gain a minimal security clearance on his own?
AFAIK there is no such thing as a "personal" clearance. This comes
straight from the need-to-know/least privilege philosophy. Generally
the
subcontractor company or goverment agency directly, as the data owner,
determines the level of clearance you need to perform your job, and
sponsors your application for it. The clearance only exists for the
time
you require that access - you don't take it with you when you change
employers or even contracts.
All you can have/demonstrate as an individual is that you are *capable*
of
being approved for a certain clearance. For example, I have a "secret"
level clearance sponsored by my employer for my current work on a DoD
contract. If I'm applying for a job with a different company, I can
demonstrate that I'm currently capable of being issued a secret
clearance,
and that may be an important factor in whether they hire me or not. But
my current clearance wouldn't go with me; the hiring company would have
to
sponsor a new one for me based on my new job requirements. When you see
in a job ad "must have x clearance", that's really shorthand for the
above.
I'm sure there are exceptions, but I'd imagine they'd fall into the
category where the individual is also the data owner or is
self-incorporated as a subcontracting company, something like that.
Hope this helps!
KeS
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