Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline K · Handling Protected Info
Improperly Compiled or Used Protected Info
Does improperly compiled or used protected info affect a security clearance?
Basis: 26 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.
Decided cases
26
hearing-level decisions raising this issue
Granted
38%
10 granted · 16 denied or revoked
Official mitigating conditions cited
| Condition | In granted cases | In denied cases |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 35(a) · So long ago, so infrequent, or so unusual that it is unlikely to recur | 7 | 2 |
| ¶ 35(b) · A favorable response to counseling or remedial security training | 5 | 2 |
| ¶ 35(c) · The violations followed inadequate training or unclear instructions | 3 | 2 |
¶ 35(a) · So long ago, so infrequent, or so unusual that it is unlikely to recur
- In granted cases
- 7
- In denied cases
- 2
¶ 35(b) · A favorable response to counseling or remedial security training
- In granted cases
- 5
- In denied cases
- 2
¶ 35(c) · The violations followed inadequate training or unclear instructions
- In granted cases
- 3
- In denied cases
- 2
Recent decided examples
The applicant in this case was a 64-year-old principal process engineer employed by a defense contractor since 1979. He applied for a security clearance in 2017, but the Defense Counterintelligence an…
The applicant in this case was a 53-year-old employee of a defense contractor who sought a security clearance after being found culpable for two significant security violations under Guideline K, whic…
The applicant's security clearance was denied due to failure to mitigate security concerns under multiple guidelines. The allegations included mishandling classified equipment, providing false informa…
Applicant, a retired Navy E-8 and current defense contractor employee, was denied a clearance after the judge found unresolved concerns under Guidelines K, M, E, J, and G. The decision rested on repea…
Related issues under Guideline K
How these numbers are measured
Scope: decided hearing-level cases whose per-allegation profile records this issue, matched to the same issue value the search filters use, so a count here and a filtered search always agree. A case raising several issues counts under each one. The mitigating conditions and the credited circumstances below were extracted for a subset of the record, so both are counts of cases rather than rates. Pages exist only for issues with at least 25 decided cases, and † marks any split built on fewer than 20.
Reading the statistics
- Granted = access granted or continued; Denied = denied or revoked.
- Grant rate = granted ÷ (granted + denied).
- † marks figures based on fewer than 20 cases, too few to be reliable.
- Hovering any rate shows its statistical range (a 95% confidence interval).
- Figures are descriptive counts over decided, public DOHA ISCR decisions, never predictions or assessments of any pending case.
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