Description
Conducts foreign counterintelligence operations, identifying and mitigating espionage and insider threats. Skilled in threat analysis, security vetting, investigations, and protecting sensitive information and critical positions from foreign intelligence services.
Core Skills
- counterintelligence investigations support
- threat assessment and vulnerability analysis
- interviewing and elicitation
- source vetting and validation
- report writing and intelligence documentation
- insider threat awareness
- operations security (OPSEC) practices
- liaison with security and law enforcement entities
- briefing and debriefing
- pattern analysis of hostile intelligence activities
Common Certifications
- CompTIA Security+
- CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- GIAC Counterintelligence Professional (if available) or GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Certified Information Privacy Professional / Government (CIPP/G)
Civilian Career Paths
- INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
- COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
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