Interagency Security Committee Compliance Program
The Interagency Security Committee (ISC) Compliance Program influences departments and agencies to follow ISC policies and standards through compliance reporting, assistance, and verification.
Compliance Reporting
Compliance Reporting consists of providing ISC stakeholders with means to measure, report, and analyze compliance with ISC policies and standards. The ISC developed the Compliance Benchmarks and the ISC Compliance System (ISC-CS) for reporting purposes and they are used to further support the ISC Biennial Compliance Report.
- The Compliance Benchmarks are a mechanism to assess the degree to which federal facilities have implemented the policies and standards of the ISC. There are three types of Compliance Benchmarks: Organization, Facility, and Multi-Tenant Facility.
- The ISC Compliance System (ISC-CS) is a means for collecting and analyzing benchmark responses to assist federal departments and agencies in reporting and measuring compliance.
- The Biennial Report summarizes results of compliance reporting by all relevant agencies and ISC members. Per EO 14111, the ISC is responsible for preparing and providing a biennial report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. The first report will be submitted by November 2024.
Compliance Assistance
Compliance Assistance helps ISC stakeholders in understanding the actions needed to become compliant, as well as how to submit information into the ISC-CS. The goal of compliance assistance is to facilitate communication between members that result in positive outcomes focused on compliance.
Compliance Verification
Compliance Verification involves confirming a department's or agency's compliance. Verification aligns with the Government Accountability Office's recommendations, enables the sharing of best practices across organizations, and increases a department or agency's confidence in their compliance efforts.