Office of Security Technology and Assistance
(Direct Report to the Deputy Chief for Operations, Office of Health, Safety and Security)

Mission and Functions

Mission
The Office of Security Technology and Assistance protects the Department's critical assets and national security by providing security expertise to assist Headquarters and field elements in planning site protection strategies and by coordinating with domestic authorities to provide safeguards and security technical assistance, technical systems support, and new technology development and deployment opportunities.

Functions

• Coordinates with Other Government Agencies (OGA) regarding planning and implementation issues, and establishes approaches to protect activities funded by OGA at DOE facilities (work for others programs).
• Provides direction and control to manage the Security Assistance Program.
• Provides direction and control to manage the Technology Deployment and Development Program.
• Provides direction and management oversight of the Performance Testing and Analysis Center (PTAC). PTAC serves as the Departmental resource for implementing innovative and cost-effective protection strategies by fostering collaboration between field and Headquarters security professionals. PTAC expands the Department's performance test capabilities, enhances the quality and availability of data critical to testing and analytical efforts, and improves the complex's ability to assess the effectiveness of new security concepts and strategies. PTAC:
  • Conducts adversary "Red Cell" analyses of protection strategies and technologies,
  • Conducts analyses of advanced tactics, equipment, and evolving security needs,
  • Analyzes and provides adversary Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP),
  • Develops realistic and demanding adversary scenarios for performance testing,
  • Develops standardized performance test and safety protocols, tools, and simulation methods,
  • Develops tactical simulation products and target analysis concepts,
  • Provides extensive web-accessible library of security related information,
  • Compiles and disseminates security related test data, and
  • Provides state-of-the-art classified facilities for target analysis and wargaming.
• Provides direction and control to manage the Department's Safeguards and Security Information Management System (SSIMS) and Incident Tracking and Analysis Capability (ITAC) System, providing a dynamic collection and analysis capability for current and historical information.
• Provides direction and control for the review of safeguards and security findings, surveys, and other oversight reports to identify trends, potential impacts to, or suggestions for operational enhancement or enhancements in policy.
• Establishes the DOE Design Basis Threat (DBT) Policy and guidance.