Mission and Functions

Office of Security Policy

Mission and Functions

Mission

The Office of Security Policy is the central source within the Department of Energy for the development and analysis of safeguards and security policies and standards affecting facilities, nuclear materials, personnel, and classified information.

Functions

• Establishes DOE policy and guidance for:
  • Safeguards and security program planning, management, and support,
  • The DOE Safeguards and Security Information Management System (SSIMS) and the DOE Safeguards and Security Incident Tracking and Analysis Capability System (ITAC),
  • Site Safeguards and Security Plans and Site Security Plans,
  • Vulnerability assessments and risk management,
  • Loss or compromise of classified matter and related violations of law,
  • Facility approvals, registration of activities, surveys, and self-assessments,
  • Integrated Safeguards and Security Management,
  • The Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS),
  • Operations Security (OPSEC),
  • Control of classified visits (including foreign visits),
  • Physical security including security systems,
  • Protective force,
  • Safeguards and security construction projects and enhancement reviews,
  • Technical surveillance countermeasures (TSCM),
  • Control, accountability, and transportation of nuclear materials,
  • Security awareness, and
  • Classified matter protection and control
  • Unclassified Foreign Visit and Assignment
• Provides liaison with the cyber security policy and implementation elements within the National Nuclear Security Administration and Departmental Program Offices to facilitate the consistent protection and control of classified information whether in cyber or physical form.
• Serves as liaison for DOE security matters with other U.S. government agencies, including the White House and the Congress of the United States, U.S. state and local governments, and the security organizations of other countries.
• Provides subject matter expert input to safeguards and security technology development programs.
• Provides subject matter expert resources to Departmental elements for all safeguards and security topical areas.
• Provides subject matter experts and DOE representation for inter- and intra-agency security policy development, including development of Government-wide security policy.
• Establishes and supports DOE-wide Policy Panels for safeguards and security topics.
• Develops evaluative criteria and performance indicators, along with related guidance, for implementation of policy.