USCG Certified MTSA FSO Training Course
Internet Profiling and Intelligence Gathering Course Description
HSCSD_TWIC Reader Compliance Workshop_3-23-17
Facility Security Officer (FSO) Refresher Training – High Level Description
- Current Security Threats, including increasing threats from drones as well as general international and domestic threat patterns
- Facility Security Assessments (FSAs) / Facility Security Plans (FSPs)
- Annual FSP Audits, including the timing, scope, and expectations for conducting annual FSP audits
- MARSEC Levels, including a review of the regulatory requirements and steps facilities should take to ensure they are prepared in the event of an increase in MARSEC Level
- MTSA Training Requirements, including training supplements and contractor training expectations
- MTSA Security Drills and Exercises, including a review of security drill and exercise intervals, subject matter and scope, and associated compliance aids
- MTSA and Cyber Security, including the Coast Guard’s Cyber Strategy document and forthcoming Coast Guard cyber security guidance and expectations
- Secure Areas vs. Restricted Areas, including a review of which facility locations should be designated as Secure and/or Restricted Areas and common misconceptions between these designations
- Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
- Fraudulent TWICs, including recent examples of the manufacturing and use of fraudulent TWICs
- TWIC Inspections, including inspection requirements and incorporating TWIC into existing access control systems
- TWIC Escorting, including a review of TWIC escort training requirements, ratios, and general expectations
- New Hires and Lost or Stolen TWICs
- TWIC Reader Rule, including applicability and compliance expectations based on the TWIC Reader Final Rule issued in August 2016
- Screening and Inspections, including MTSA screening requirements and best practices
- MTSA Signage Requirements, including language and posting requirements and best practices
- Shore Leave and Mariner Access, including the forthcoming Seafarers’ Access to Maritime Facilities rule
- MTSA Security Incident Reporting, including a review of expectations for reporting suspicious activities, breaches of security, and Transportation Security Incidents (TSIs)
- MTSA Record keeping, including a review of recordkeeping requirements and organizational aids
- MTSA Compliance Trends / Statistics, including the Office of Port and Facility Compliance 2015 Annual Report and joint Coast Guard / Transportation Security Administration TWIC Inspections
INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS
- Review of the CFATS Regulation and Compliance Elements
- Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) “2.0;”
- Top-Screen and Appendix A;
- Security Vulnerability Assessment;
- Site Security Plan / Alternate Security Program; and
- Risk-Based Performance Standards.
- Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) Requirements
- Compliance Inspections and Audits
- CFATS Resources