Security Clearance Careers Podcast
Sep 24, 2026 · 22 min · 11 segments
Trusted Workforce 2.0 has changed how the government vets its people. The old model of periodic reinvestigation, which was basically "set it and forget it," has given way to continuous vetting…
Aarti SmithGuest
Lindy KyzerHost
So talk to us, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, clearly in the midst of a major IT overhaul.
So the National Background Investigation Services, they're doing a shared services model that's centered on the defense information system for security.
How does all of this technological change change the way that agencies should be thinking about continuous vetting?
Yeah, I think moving towards DIS as a shared services hub is what's happening now.
Consolidating DIS and CVS functionality, which is my understanding today, creates a much more efficient place for agencies to find final risk determinations on personnel.
And for personnel security staff, one place to check reciprocity or transfer of trust is so much better than logging into multiple systems to find investigation history or clearance status, suitability determinations, and such.
And so DCSA's move to bring CBARs into DIS, which is also likely, is also very helpful in CVARs historically have come through NP2 portal, which still requires manual retrieval.
But I think a problem that continues is if you have to retrieve data manually, then that continues to be a space for an opportunity for additional efficiency and speed.
I think where midsize and large agencies are thinking about this is if they're having to log into DISC manually and retrieve information person by person, That's still not where we want to be, right? If they're using case management systems that automate their internal workflows, then having to manually access this is definitely a step backwards for them.
If APIs become available for agency systems to exchange information, then that would create real efficiency and reduce manual work.
So shared services are absolutely a great way forward, but the opportunity now is really to make those shared services easier to access, integrate, and act upon.
Yeah, and I think there has been this issue, right? I mean, especially when continuous vetting was first rolling out, people were concerned about, I think the phrase continuous vetting gap is what I've heard you say.
So what is a continuous vetting gap and how does maybe this API sharing or... more automation helped to solve that problem.
So talk to us, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, clearly in the midst of a major IT overhaul.
So the National Background Investigation Services, they're doing a shared services model that's centered on the defense information system for security.
How does all of this technological change change the way that agencies should be thinking about continuous vetting?
Yeah, I think moving towards DIS as a shared services hub is what's happening now.
Consolidating DIS and CVS functionality, which is my understanding today, creates a much more efficient place for agencies to find final risk determinations on personnel.
And for personnel security staff, one place to check reciprocity or transfer of trust is so much better than logging into multiple systems to find investigation history or clearance status, suitability determinations, and such.
And so DCSA's move to bring CBARs into DIS, which is also likely, is also very helpful in CVARs historically have come through NP2 portal, which still requires manual retrieval.
But I think a problem that continues is if you have to retrieve data manually, then that continues to be a space for an opportunity for additional efficiency and speed.
I think where midsize and large agencies are thinking about this is if they're having to log into DISC manually and retrieve information person by person, That's still not where we want to be, right? If they're using case management systems that automate their internal workflows, then having to manually access this is definitely a step backwards for them.
If APIs become available for agency systems to exchange information, then that would create real efficiency and reduce manual work.
So shared services are absolutely a great way forward, but the opportunity now is really to make those shared services easier to access, integrate, and act upon.
Yeah, and I think there has been this issue, right? I mean, especially when continuous vetting was first rolling out, people were concerned about, I think the phrase continuous vetting gap is what I've heard you say.
So what is a continuous vetting gap and how does maybe this API sharing or... more automation helped to solve that problem.
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