Our products are for Facility Security Officers (FSOs) who want to study NISPOM and continue FSO Professional Development

Issues with Current FSO Professional Development Choices

There are no FSO college courses, creating a huge disadvantage to the industry
The only availability for FSO professional development are after an employee is appointed
FSO professional development is only available on government websites and professional organizations

Our FSO Professional Development Solutions

We provide many individual products:
- FSO books
- FSO and ITPSO forms
- FSO and ITPSO policy templates
- FSO and NISPOM Fundamentals Training
- Cleared employee training

We have combined products into impactful bundles:
- FSO Workbook and resources for building your security program that you can access and apply immediately
- FSO Professional Development product bundles
- Essential FSO and ITPSO forms and policies
- Cleared employee required training suite

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Our Books

FSO Professional Development Gap Identified

Have you noticed the lack of books for security specialists and FSO Professional Development? Sure, you can find books on security and loss prevention, but they do not tackle the tough NISPOM and FSO requirements.

We noticed it too. Consequently, we began filling the gap with impactful books that teach you skills that you can apply immediately.

Our books are great for FSOs who want to read and learn how to build compliant programs and sharpen their skills. Consequently, our books demonstrate how FSOs can implement NISPOM in their organizations.

Additionally, there is not one place you can go to for NISPOM compliance and FSO professional development books; until now. Consequently, we noticed that NISPOM requirements, compliance guidance and training reside in many hard to find and diverse locations.

Some resources are available from government or professional organization websites that require memberships and that’s a disadvantage for many. So we have created a place where you can learn without “paying dues”.

FSO Professional Development Gap Problem Solved

Now you have access to print copies of NISPOM, ITAR, FSO books as well as resources for explanation and training.

NISPOM Central is your one stop shop for NISPOM Compliance books and resources. This is a great place for buying corporate to equip your employees.

Our Most Popular Courses for FSOs

Security Awareness Training for Cleared Employees (Initial and Annual Requirement)

Derivative Classified Training for Cleared Employees (Every Two Years)

Insider Threat Training For Cleared Employees (Annual Requirement)

This training dives into National Industrial Security Program (NISP) requirements to protect classified information so that the student can better grasp the elements of National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). When finished, the student will have a better understanding of how it applies to their cleared employees, facilities and protection for classified information.

FSOs Provide Training To Cleared Employees

Developing Material and Training Cleared Employees as FSO Professional Development Requirements.

NISPOM requires the FSO to provide security training to cleared employees. Therefore, requiring personnel to spend significant and resources developing, presenting and tracking attendance.

We’ve taken the work out of it for you, so you can free up some time for other important security matters. For instance, we have created MS PowerPoint presentations for required training with certificates of accomplishment you can use to present and demonstrate attendance.

If you would like to free up time and resources, then try our solution. Each of our training downloads has built in notes that you can present, use as a template or further tailor for presentation.

Download and present, put on shared drive, email or otherwise make available to your cleared employees. Each presentation has a built in certificate of completion so that you can use to demonstrate compliance.

FSO Professional Development and NISPOM Fundamentals Course

Understanding NISPOM is Critical for FSO Professional Development Objectives

We have NISPOM training designed for security specialist and FSO Professional Development. Our training includes more than 20 hours of video of NISPOM Fundamentals. This is also perfect for those who want to become FSOs and have no other way to learn.

For example, many search for NISPOM training, only to find government websites with training specific to government employees and not defense contractor tasks. Additionally, other professional organizations only hit on general practitioner training.

Our course provides hours and hours of presentations on NISPOM from cover to cover and offers practical applications you can implement immediately. You can find additional resources in our FSO professional development and FSO Workbook line.

FSO Workbook

Gaps in demonstrating NISPOM requirements

Part of FSO professional development is learning to demonstrate compliance. While there are inspectable NISPOM compliance requirements, there are few resources that show you how to demonstrate compliance. In other words, you need a way to show DCSA that your organization adheres to NISPOM.

FSOs spend time daily on DISS, NBIS and NISS, but these databases require “data” to be uploaded. Additionally, data also needs to be downloaded, and analysis conducted. Unfortunately compliances is not measured on NISS, NBIS and DISS, but rather locally. This leads to another question, how do I manage and present compliance?

Solution

Many FSOs manage their programs with their version of an FSO Workbook. Consequently, they have sailed through DCSA security reviews.

It is a great method to manage your program. If you do not have an FSO Workbook or need assistance with your current workbook, its time to get started.

This solution provides actual files of products that FSOs actually use. Furthermore, once you download, you can apply immediately.

Our products is for FSOs who want to download, develop or strengthen their security programs and apply to their organizations.

This bundle includes our best selling products purposely combined for your FSO solution. It includes In-depth NISPOM compliance and FSO task products, memos, and appointments, policy and procedure templates, cleared employee training and process templates, forms and more to prepare you to develop your compliant security program. As a result, you will be able to implement our products to develop your own sustainable and repeatable security program.

Fractional FSO, FSO Professional development, in person training or FSO / NISPOM consultation

NISPOM Compliance and FSO Professional Development

We are available to consult using our proprietary FSO Workbook and other methodologies similar to what is offered here. As a result, you receive consistent, excellence and repeatable services. If you have a great FSO, we can be a source for live and impactful professional development.

We offer expert, end-to-end support to help your organization achieve, maintain, and demonstrate full NISPOM compliance.

Our approach blends deep regulatory expertise with practical, operational experience. In other words, we help you build programs that not only pass audits but excel with commendable and excellence ratings. We also function smoothly within your organization’s daily operations.

Objectives

Objectives – We perform for you, train your team to perform or both; You choose.

Our NISPOM compliance consulting engagement is designed to:

Achieve and maintain full compliance with 32 CFR Part 117
Prepare your program for successful DCSA Security Vulnerability Assessments (SVAs)
Establish a complete, documented security program aligned with NISPOM requirements
Strengthen insider threat, reporting, and continuous monitoring capabilities
Support Facility Clearance (FCL) and Personnel Clearance (PCL) processes
Ensure your leadership and workforce fully understand their responsibilities

Those with whom we have worked benefit from experienced FSOs to guide them. They’ve reduced the risk of doing everything themselves and potentially falling behind in security clearance requests, and not doing well during DCSA reviews. We solve these problems and concerns.

We provide outsourced FSO, Foreign Ownership Control and Influence, Outside Director and CUI program consulting and services. We manage your clearances and prepare you for the DCSA review and you get the peace of mind knowing all is taken care of as you manage your company.

What Our Clients and Customers Are Saying About NISPOM Central…

These are invaluable resources to have at my fingertips and I’m grateful I now have a source for quality, printed material. It’s well worth it.

Jeffrey Bennett's comprehensive guide gives defense contractors all the information they need to establish and maintain a successful security program. He pulls together information from Presidential Executive Orders and regulations from numerous government agencies. Readers will learn how to appoint and train a facility security officer, navigate the security clearance process, win contracts dealing with classified information, and how to secure and protect that information.

This book was extremely helpful and provides detailed information on how to get government contracts and classified work. It is a must for anyone wanting to get into government contracting. Jeff Bennett is knowledgeable on the topic and an expert. I highly recommend his book.

Our Lead Trainer: Jeffrey Bennett

FSO Professional Development; The Beginning

When Jeff began working as a Facility Security Officer, there were few resources learning how to become an FSO. Furthermore, while he had great mentors, there wasn’t much available for his FSO professional development opportunities. Someone recommended that he download the NISPOM and read it. Though that was a great start, it did little to prepare him for the work ahead.

Fortunately, he was able to work under a mentor who helped him to navigate the career until he could stand on his own. Once he became proficient in the career, he began to mentor others. That led to a career as an FSO and NISPOM compliance consultant.

Jeff also began writing books, training and tools for FSOs and key management persons. His professional development program is now live on NISPOM Central.

Here’s the rest of the story

While he spent time reading the NISPOM, he received on the job direction from experts. he also bought a lot of books about security. Though he couldn’t find any books about NISPOM, but there were articles and other books (outside of industrial security) on security, risk management, cybersecurity that would teach how to protect important assets. These books taught skills similar to what could be applied in the FSO field.

Since there were no NISPOM books and he had to go outside of the community to get books and resources, he decided to write and publish books specifically about the NISPOM and for FSOs. To this day, those outside of the defense contractor industry have no access to FSO job tracking. Jeff sees his mission as filling the gap in education and opportunity.

These resources have stood the test of time through various updates and NISPOM changes.