Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
CDSE-0021
Organization's ID:
ED601
Organization:
Center for Development of Security Excellence
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
16 weeks (35 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Homeland Security or Criminal Justice
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to examine the legal foundations that either mandate or imply a duty to protect or secure certain persons, property, or information within the DoD and provide the security professional with a superior grasp of the legal requirements for performing the security mission within the DoD area of worldwide responsibility.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Analyze the constitutional delegation of governmental authority, as it relates to national security
  • Create a legal research presentation, based on a Department of Defense legislative history of security guidance
  • Evaluate the legal aspects of the DoD, including personnel security, information security, physical security, industrial security, Sensitive Compartmented Information and Special Access Program, research and technology protection, operations security, communications security, and counterintelligence operations
  • Evaluate the challenges of International Law on Department of Defense security programs, considered binding in their relations with one another
  • Propose alternate solutions by creating an appropriate response, to potential legal issues related to the Department of Defense security programs

General Topics:

  • Constitutional Delegation of Government Authority
  • Legal aspects of personnel security
  • Legal aspects of information security
  • Legal aspects of physical security
  • Legal aspects of industrial security
  • Legal aspects of sensitive compartmented information and special access security program security
  • Legal aspects of research and technology protection
  • Legal aspects of operations security
  • Legal aspects of communications security
  • Legal aspects of counterintelligence operations
  • International law on DoD security programs
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations
  • Written Papers

Minimum Passing Score:

80%
Supplemental Materials