Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline M · IT Systems
Unauthorized Access / Entry into an IT System
Does unauthorized access / entry into an it system affect a security clearance?
Basis: 44 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.
Decided cases
44
hearing-level decisions raising this issue
Granted
41%
18 granted · 26 denied or revoked
Official mitigating conditions cited
| Condition | In granted cases | In denied cases |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 41(a) · So long ago, or so unusual, that it is unlikely to recur | 10 | 1 |
| ¶ 41(b) · Minor misuse, solely in the interest of getting the work done | 6 | 1 |
¶ 41(a) · So long ago, or so unusual, that it is unlikely to recur
- In granted cases
- 10
- In denied cases
- 1
¶ 41(b) · Minor misuse, solely in the interest of getting the work done
- In granted cases
- 6
- In denied cases
- 1
Recent decided examples
The applicant in this case was a 31-year-old individual with a military background who sought a security clearance after previously holding one since 2011. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security…
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…
The applicant in this case was a 29-year-old former midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, who sought a security clearance after being discharged from the Navy under Other Than Honorable conditions due…
decision issued by the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), the applicant, a 39-year-old manager of engineering operations, faced security clearance denial under Guideline M (Use of Informat…
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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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