Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline M · IT Systems
Unauthorized Use of an IT System
Does unauthorized use of an it system affect a security clearance?
Basis: 102 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.
Decided cases
102
hearing-level decisions raising this issue
Granted
32%
33 granted · 69 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 | 23 | 4 |
¶ 41(a) · So long ago, or so unusual, that it is unlikely to recur
- In granted cases
- 23
- In denied cases
- 4
Circumstances credited in granted cases
- rehabilitation · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
The applicant in this case was a 49-year-old information security and data protection specialist who had previously worked for a defense contractor. He applied for a security clearance on February 14,…
The applicant in this case was a retired military service member in his late 50s, who had a successful career as a subject matter expert in information technology. The Defense Office of Hearings and A…
Applicant, a contractor employee, was denied eligibility for access to classified information. The judge found that his long history of public masturbation, workplace pornography use, sexual fantasies…
Applicant, a 23-year-old software engineer represented by counsel, was denied eligibility for classified access. The judge found drug involvement and information technology system concerns mitigated, …
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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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