Unauthorized Modification, Destruction, or Denial of Access

Official mitigating conditions in play

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are cases, not percentages of everything. Read what each condition says.

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 18-00557 granted · 2020
  The applicant in this case was a 45-year-old information technology support specialist who sought a security clearance to work in the defense industry. The Department of Defense (DoD) issued a Stateme…
• ISCR 19-03928 granted · 2022
  The applicant in this case was a 41-year-old director of engineering employed by a defense contractor since 2003, seeking to reinstate his security clearance to enhance his position. The Defense Count…
• ISCR 17-02998 denied · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 57-year-old employee seeking to retain his security clearance in the defense industry, having previously held a clearance during military service. The Department of De…
• ISCR 19-01585 denied · 2021
  The applicant in this case was a 40-year-old individual with a bachelor's and master's degree, who had been employed by a federal contractor since July 2016. The Department of Defense issued a Stateme…

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