Enterprise Security System (ESS)

Abstract

The National Industrial Security System (NISS) supports the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) mission to oversee approximately 10,000 cleared companies, 12,677 contractor facilities, and 5,700 classified systems in the National Industrial Security Program (NISP), ensuring that classified U.S. government information and critical technologies are properly protected. The Industrial Security (IS) Directorate uses NISS to conduct oversight of all industrial security current capabilities to include the system of record for facilities clearance (FCL) information and industrial security oversight, the official system that allows DCSA to improve assessment and mitigation of risks related to contractors under Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI), and the newly developed system repository for DD-254 forms. NISS has been adopted by the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide DoD-wide visibility and access to security related data for classified contracts, sites, and systems. NISS is being developed into a multi-level classification system to allow DoD-wide visibility of relevant intelligence, threats, and communications across the Non-classified Internet Protocol (IP) Router Network (NIPRNet), Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet), and Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System (JWICS). NISS will enable real time threat awareness and discovered non-compliance vulnerabilities once fully deployed to enhance field and headquarters communication on where security oversight, counterintelligence, and cyber threats need to be addressed. NISS is being designed to share common operational pictures of risk, vulnerability, and threat reporting across the entire NISP. Additionally, NISS will incorporate “pre award” FOCI analytics for all DoD contracts over $5.0 million threshold in support of Section 847 acquisition security reform efforts found in the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), impacting the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) comprised of more than 100,000 companies.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0604130V_7_0400_PB_2024
• Service Agency Name: Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Artificial Intelligence
• Communication Systems
• Contractors
• Contracts
• Cyber Threats
• Data Management
• Department Of Defense
• Engineering
• Engineers
• Management Personnel
• National Security
• Network Protocols
• Risk
• Risk Analysis
• Security Personnel
• Vulnerability

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Cybersecurity.
• Defense Financial Management and Audit.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• Cyber