Security Vetting and Clearance

Security vetting is a structured eligibility assessment that evaluates a subject’s trustworthiness, reliability, and suitability for access to sensitive systems, data, or facilities. Clearances formalize access tiers and are governed by predefined standards, typically incorporating criminal history, financial stability, foreign affiliations, and behavioral indicators. This prevention mechanism is designed to proactively reduce insider risk by screening out high-risk individuals prior to access, and by introducing revocation or suspension pathways in response to changes in risk posture.

Security clearance processes are not static, they must be sustained through periodic revalidation. When managed with transparency, procedural fairness, and alignment to access governance, clearance programs reduce organizational exposure to sensitive resource misuse or disclosure by unauthorized or high-risk subjects.