Sorry for the late response. You can develop your own training and present it to employees. As long as you provide documentation of training, it should suffice. It might be a good idea to have a training outline to demonstrate covering the right topics. We have training available for FSOs to sign in, enroll employees and monitor progress. At the end the training prints certificates of completion. www.nispomcentral.com/training-courses/

Hi, congratulations on getting the interview. I'm sure your experience in the security department is going to be a big help. Best of success in your career and I appreciate the positive note. I'm glad these videos are helpful.

@@jwbene thank you for the support. Seeing how much experience you do have in this role what is something someone can do to gain actual experience in the role in order to obtain employment as an FSO?

@@BassProBaitShop Thanks, I'll be happy to share. I started my journey working for an FSO in a large company. There, I was able to learn from a team of experts. However, some people start from scratch, being appointed to FSO and have to learn everything at once. in this case, option three would be instead of learning alone, to hire an FSO consultant. So, those are some options at the profession. As far as education, I recommend taking the courses at cdse. There are lots of online courses that are free with CDSE including an FSO orientation course. you'll have to log in and create an account. www.cdse.edu/

@@jwbene already started that course and completed five classes so far so I’m hoping this will help. Even saved the FSO toolkit website

sounds like a great start and glad you are underway @@BassProBaitShop

Hi @hade820, Congratulations on passing!!! and thanks so much for your kind words. I'm so glad the study book helped you with the exam. I'm really happy for you as you put in the hard work and earned your certification. I don't have a study guide for the Special programs, but this study guide may be helpful also for the SAPPC. Also, I do have another study guide that can help with the ISOC. It's called the ISP and ISOC Master exam prep and it's available at www.redbikepublishing.com. Also if you don't mind, a nice review at amazon would be very helpful, www.amazon.com/review/create-review/?ie=UTF8&channel=glance-detail&asin=1936800454. congratulations again that's a great accomplishment.

@@jwbene Thank you again, sir! I will absolutely leave you a review

Sure, [email protected]

Thanks so much. I appreciate the the encouragement.

Yes, please email me at [email protected]. In the email please specify your question or topic and we can go from there.

Thanks for replying to my request, but I found out the answer I needed. Thanks so much for the great content!

@@mrx222 You're welcome. I"m glad you were able to find your answer. I appreciate the supportive comments.

Thanks @goat_man23. I appreciate it.

Thanks so much for listening and for the encouragement. That just makes it all worthwhile. Have a great one.

Hi Kee, yes, a security clearance is tied to a contract. So, you would have to have the job prior to getting the clearance. I know it sounds circular, but you can get a job that requires a security clearance even if you don't have one. the employer will put you in for a clearance. So, land the job, get the clearance. The seminar does go into it as far as explaining how it works. Even though the seminar is over, I recorded it and it's available at the website: www.redbikepublishing.com/securityclearanceseminar/ Just register and it will take you to a page with the recorded security clearance webinar.

@@jwbene definitely will THANK YOU!

you are welcome. Thanks for commenting.

Hi M.A.C, I finished this book in august and it is based on the most recent versions of DoD 5200.01 V1-3

@@jwbene what platform does the electronic version download too or is compatible?

@@m.a.cm.a.c9308 the electronic version from my website is pdf. If you order from amazon, it's kindle. Hope that helps.

You would need a security clearance to do so. The NISPOM explains that the FSO should be cleared at the same level as the facility. But dont' let that stop you. There may be an opportunity to serve with a cleared defense contractor on their security team until you get a clearance.

I used to be an FSO. Now I consult.

Sure, please send it over.

Hi, I'm so sorry, I thought i had responded to this. Yes the NISPOM is 11 chapters, but I've got 8 recorded. The new nispom is out and I am going back and recording training for the new NISPOM. I should be done soon. The good news is that the old training is still relevant and not significant changes other than information is in different sections. Also, there is no NISPOM certification. If you are talking about ISP certification, SFPC or other certification, I can help you with that.

That actually sounds like a great plan and may be appropriate. Also one idea might be to use a notary public.

@@jwbene Great! Thank you! Most appreciative.

Thanks so much, I really appreciate that. You can visit the following website for training: www.cdse.edu/

If you can't get access there, I have compatible training at www.bennettinstitute.com

@@jwbene thank you, I tried the cdse but to create an account they ask for field office information, supervisor and etc. Since I'm not working as an FSO yet idk how to bypass that. And I was told that's the only training that is recognized by the industry.

@@sonnyviza3617 Yes, it's hard to get the training. you may be able to apply for FSO work based on experience you might have vs. training. The training is only really required to be conducted within a year of being hired.

However, if you are just looking for training to become familiar with the work or use the knowledge in a job interview, you may have to try elsewhere unless you can figure out how to get registered. You may want to call the 1800 number and seek help. They seem pretty responsive.