Security Training

Our Mission

The Security Training Directorate (ST) conducts training, education, and research activities to equip and prepare personnel supporting industrial security, personnel security, and counterintelligence and insider threat missions through the development, proffer, and management of on-line and in-person courses, curricula, conferences, and other products.

What We Do

At DCSA, we provide education centers and systems that educate, train, certify, validate, and advance the guardians of our nation's assets.

Our primary training and education are conducted through the following areas: 

Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE)

Learn about the latest education and training for the DoD, federal government, and cleared contractors.

Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE) 

The National Center for Credibility Assessment (NCCA)

Learn about the government's premiere educational center for polygraph and other credibility assessment technologies.

The National Center for Credibility Assessment (NCCA)

Investigative Systems Training

Learn about DCSA training opportunities for the background investigation process.

Investigative Systems Training