NCIS'
Mission: Protect Secrets
Presidential Executive Order 12333 defines
counterintelligence as "information gathered and activities
conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence
activities, sabotage or assassinations conducted for or on
behalf of foreign powers, organizations or persons or international
terrorist activities."
Within the Department of the Navy, NCIS
has exclusive investigative jurisdiction in non-combat matters
involving actual, potential or suspected terrorism, sabotage,
espionage, and subversive activities.
Presidential Executive Orders 12958, 12968
and 12829 define national security information and establish
the NCIS mission in safeguarding classified information, vetting
personnel for trustworthiness and protecting classified information
within industry.
NCIS works to neutralize foreign intelligence
service and foreign commercial activity which seek information
about critical naval programs and research, development, test
and evaluation facilities.
In this era of global economic competition,
the protection of military technology remains critical to
preserving the United States' technological superiority on
the battlefield as well as our economic well being at home.
To prevent the compromise of military technology, NCIS established
its Systems and Technology Protection Program which works
to minimize the loss of vital defense technology.
NCIS establishes and implements Department
of the Navy (DON) information, personnel and industrial security
policies to prevent classified information from unauthorized
disclosure. To learn more about DON security policies, visit http://www.navysecurity.navy.mil/.
The Department of the Navy Central Adjudication
Facility (DON CAF) is also under the NCIS umbrella of responsibility.
DON CAF is responsible for security clearance adjudications
for all DON military and civilian members worldwide. Adjudication
is the ultimate step in determining an individual's trustworthiness
for access to classified information. To get more information on DON CAF visit
http://www.navysecurity.navy.mil/doncafpa.htm.
To detect and counter electronic eavesdropping,
NCIS Technical Surveillance Countermeasures personnel conduct
"sweeps" at sensitive facilities.
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