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 ABOUT YOUR SECURITY BRIEFING

Your security clearance involves many responsibilities. This includes the requirement to be aware of basic guidelines and safeguards about security.
 
This year’s briefing gives you basics about current security subjects and is being provided to you as a reference. By reading the information in this briefing, understanding it, and returning an electronic acknowledgment (see end of this briefing for instructions), you will meet both Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Defense (DOD) requirements that you received a periodic security refresher briefing during the year 2003.

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Willie Archie
University Research Security Officer
Laboratory Management Office		 Robert Van Ness
Assistant Vice President
Laboratory Management Office

WHAT IS THE ANNUAL SECURITY REFRESHER BRIEFING?

CONTENTS

  1. Introduction
  2. Counterintelligence and You : Interview with Oleg Kalugin
  3. Homeland Security
  4. Identity Theft
  5. References
  6. Actions for You

INTRODUCTION

As an individual holding a University of California-sponsored DOE and/or DOD security clearance, you have been entrusted with responsibilities to yourself, your fellow colleagues, the University, the Federal government, and the nation.
 
DOE Order 470.1, Chapter 4, “Safeguards and Security Awareness Program,” requires that all DOE contractor
personnel with a clearance receive an annual security refresher briefing (ASR). The ASR is designed to highlight significant issues related to your clearance. This year, the ASR is being presented in two formats, electronically and in the familiar booklet format. Although more information is covered in the cross-linked electronic version (found at http://labs.ucop.edu/security/brief03/), the information contained in this booklet covers most of the same material. After reading the booklet, simply print and sign your name and return the last page to the University Research Security Office using the self-addressed form.
 
Topics presented in this refresher briefing include the following: 

COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND YOU:

My name is Oleg Kalugin. As a KGB Major General, I was responsible for the Foreign Counterintelligence for the KGB worldwide. In this position, I was responsible for all agent operations directed against the United States. Let me assure you of one thing, as an employee of this facility, you were targeted for recruitment. It did not matter if you were a scientist, a technical staff member or an administrative assistant. It did not matter if you had access to classified information or not, you were a potential target. The fact that you were employed by this organization meant that you had or would have access to sensitive information or to others who had access to sensitive information that would help my country. Make no mistake about it, you were and are a potential target for recruitments. Recruitment can be a long process encompassing several weeks or months. My successors are patient people, they have time and they will wait. For some of you, they will develop that long standing relationship needed to establish a need or dependency on them.  At that point, they will have you and you will feel obligated to help. For others, you will be approached during a conference, seminar or meeting held overseas or right here in the United States. If we are subtle, you may never know of our approach, but it will happen. The bottom line is you don’t need to be paranoid, but you need to be aware at all times that the intelligence services know who you are and are interested in you as a potential recruitment.

CREATION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

The inception of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) became a reality January 24, 2003 through the establishment of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296).
 
In order to reflect responsibilities vested in the Secretary of Homeland Security and take other actions in connection with the establishment of the DHS, the National Security Act of 1947 was amended (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) in addition to amendment of some 17 Executive Orders.
 
Mission/Purpose of DHS
 
The mission of the DHS is to:
 
¯    Prevent terrorist attacks within the United States
 
¯   Reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism; and
 
¯    Minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur.
 
Principles Underlying Formation of the DHS

To ensure that the new department of Homeland Security has the greatest possible chance for success in the near term, Congress and the White House based the founding legislation on five core principles. Specifically:

  1. The new department should improve information-sharing, not contribute to its further compartmentalization.
  2. The new department must consolidate federal offices, not add additional bureaucracy.
  3. The independent Office of Homeland Security (OHS) must be retained to advise the President and to coordinate the policies of federal agencies with homeland security responsibilities.
  4. The authorizing and appropriations committee structure for homeland security must be revised in both houses of Congress to reduce redundancy and simplify the legislative process.
  5. The new department must be committed to protecting civil liberties while securing the nation from terrorism.

Focusing on these core principles not only will help reduce redundancy in how the federal agencies and Congress now address homeland security, but also will help to avoid the sorts of turf battles that too often undermine policy implementation. Thus, the specific details of the final legislation to establish the DHS will prove crucial to its success.  Congress should avoid any provisions that increase the size of the federal bureaucracy or compartmentalization of intelligence, and instead find ways to promote intelligence-sharing within the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2003.
 
 

DHS Organization
 
Department Components
 
DHS has Five Major Divisions, or “Directorates”:

  1. Border and Transportation Security (BTS):  BTS is led by Under Secretary Asa Hutchison, and is responsible for maintaining the security of our nation’s borders and transportation systems.  The largest of the Directorates, it is home to agencies such as the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs Service, the border security functions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
  2. Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR):  This Directorate, which is headed up by Under Secretary Mike Brown, ensures that our nation is prepared for, and able to recover from, terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
  3. Science and Technology (S & T):  Under the direction of Under Secretary Dr. Charles McQueary, this Directorate coordinates the Department’s efforts in research and development, including preparing for and responding to the full range of terrorist threats involving weapons of mass destruction
  4. Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IAIP): IAIP merges the capability to identify and assess a broad range of intelligence information concerning threats to the homeland under one roof, issue timely warnings, and take appropriate preventive and protective action.
  5. Management:  The Under Secretary of Management, Janet Hale, will be responsible for budget, management and personnel issues in DHS.

Besides the five Directorates of DHS, several other critical agencies are folding into the new department or being newly created:

Threats & Protection

Advisory System
 
Homeland Security Advisory System
 
Understanding the Homeland Security Advisory System
 
The world has changed since September 11, 2001. We remain a nation at risk to terrorist attacks and will remain at risk for the foreseeable future. At all Threat Conditions, we remain vigilant, prepared, and ready to deter terrorist attacks. The following Threat Conditions each represent an increasingly risk of terrorist attacks. Beneath each Threat Condition are some suggested Protective Measures, recognizing that the heads of Federal departments and agencies are responsible for developing and implementing appropriate agency-specific Protective Measures:

1.     Low Condition (Green).  This condition is declared when there is low risk of terrorist attacks. Federal departments and agencies should consider the following measures in addition to the agency-specific Protective Measures they develop and implement:

2.     Guarded Condition (Blue).   This condition is declared when there is a general risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the Protective Measures taken in the previous Threat Condition, Federal departments and agencies should consider the following general measures in addition to the agency-specific Protective Measures that they will develop and implement:

3.     Elevated Condition (Yellow).  An elevated Condition is declared when there is significant risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the Protective Measures taken in the previous Threat Conditions, Federal departments and agencies should consider the following general measures in addition to the Protective Measures that they will develop and implement:

4.     High Condition (Orange).  A High Condition is declared when there is a high risk of terrorist attacks. In addition, to the Protective Measures taken in the previous Threat Conditions, Federal departments and agencies should consider the following general measures in addition to the agency-specific Protective Measures that they will develop and implement:

5.     Severe Condition (Red). A severe condition reflects a severe risk of terrorist attacks. Under most circumstances, the Protective Measures of a Severe Condition are not intended to be sustained for substantial periods of time.  In addition to the Protective Measures in the previous Threat Conditions, Federal departments and agencies also should consider the following general measures in addition to the agency-specific Protective Measures that they will develop and implement:

University of California’s Statement on Terrorism

September 11, 2003


MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the tragic September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., and the losses suffered not only by the nation but also our own University community.

I invite you to take a moment to reflect on those events, and to honor and remember those who were lost.

The University of California, including the national laboratories UC manages for the federal government, continues to make a major contribution to national security and global understanding in the wake of the September 11th attacks. University researchers are playing a central role in the investigation of such topics as the prevention and detection of terrorist activity; the political, social, and psychological aspects of terrorism; and infrastructure recovery following a terrorist attack. We can all be proud to be part of a University community that is so deeply engaged in these important issues.

Lastly, let us remain ever mindful that the University stands as a place of reasoned inquiry and civil discourse -- principles that have become even more important in the last two years.

Fiat Lux,

Richard C. Atkinson
President

IDENTITY THEFT

Introduction
 
Identity Theft is becoming more and more common these days. From running up stolen credit card purchases to creating false identification cards or passports, identity thieves have a myriad of reasons for stealing your identity. Thieves can find out information about you from simply rummaging through your garbage cans and pilfering your mailbox to involving you in telephone and internet scams. What can you do to protect yourself? This briefing gives a comprehensive understanding of:

Identity Theft Prevention Tips
 
An identity thief takes some piece of your personal information and uses it without your knowledge.  The thief may run up debts or even commit crimes in your name. It may not be possible to completely prevent identity theft. But you can lower your risk of becoming a victim.

Your Social Security Number: Controlling the Key to Identity Theft

REFERENCES

"Video Clip of Oleg Kalugin Interview,” Courtesy of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence. (Steve.Minniear@oak.doe.gov)
Electronic version.  Written version transcribed by Luz Miles
 
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) “Safeguards and Security Awareness Program,” Chapter 4, Directive 470.1
 
"National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual," paragraphs 3-107, Refresher Briefings, January 1995, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.

ACTION FOR YOU