Director's Perspective
Welcome to the Office of Security Assistance
Samuel N. Callahan, Director
The Office of Health, Safety, and Security (HSS) created the Office of Security
Assistance Program to provide timely technical
assistance and system support to field and Headquarters
elements to enhance site security programs,
upon request. The program is comprised of technologists
and subject matter experts from all security
disciplines including: Program Management; Protection
Program Operations; Information Security; Materials
Control and Accountability; and, Personnel Security.
HSS is committed to building a security assistance
program to serve the interests of the Department
based upon the needs of our customers - with
emphasis on customer focus and meeting multi-disciplinary
security needs. In Fiscal Year 2007, HSS performed
extensive assistance activities at the request
of DOE/NNSA program offices and field sites.
The activities ranged from special and routine
site survey assistance, physical and technical
security inspections in support of the Office
of Intelligence, Vulnerability Assessment and
Design Basis Threat (DBT) implementation assistance,
third party adversary support, and DBT implementation
and planning validation activities associated
with the Site Assistance Visits and Technology
Assistance Visits. The security assistance provided
to our customers included technical expertise
tailored to augment site capabilities in critical
fields.
The security assistance effort provides an
effective method for rapidly sharing innovative
security and security technology solutions across
the Department. Security assistance activities
also provide an opportunity for subject matter
experts in all security disciplines to further
enhance their knowledge and abilities through
on the job analysis of new and unique security
issues. The core cadre of HSS staff provides
a ready resource for senior managers to utilize
in short term, mid-, and long range programmatic
planning and scoping activities, to ensure that
security is effectively incorporated into the
diversified missions of the Department. Future
security assistance activities will ensure that
cost effective security measures are recognized
and shared across the Department.
This page was last updated on July 26, 2007
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