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Unspecified IT Misuse

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, not a prediction.

Does unspecified it misuse affect a security clearance?

Unspecified IT Misuse is an issue decided under Guideline M, IT Systems. In the decided DOHA record it appears in 92 hearing-level cases, and 34% of the 90 decided ended with access granted (31 granted, 59 denied). The mitigating conditions judges credited most often, and example decisions either way, are below.

Basis: 90 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.

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Decided cases

92

hearing-level decisions raising this issue

Granted

34%

31 granted · 59 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions cited

The formal mitigating conditions the case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted and in cases that were denied. Each is shown with its paragraph number and a plain name. Read what each condition says.

  • ¶ 41(a) · So long ago, or so unusual, that it is unlikely to recur

    In granted cases
    9
    In denied cases
    1

  • ¶ 41(c) · Unintentional, followed by a prompt correction and notification

    In granted cases
    5
    In denied cases
    0

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR Case No. 24-01586Granted2025

    The applicant in this case was a 70-year-old program manager with over 46 years of experience working for a government contractor. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) issued a S…

  • ISCR Case No. 22-01863Granted2024

    The applicant in this case was a 36-year-old senior systems administrator employed by a federal contractor since September 2018. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) issued a Sta…

  • ISCR Case No. 24-01381Denied2026

    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…

  • ISCR Case No. 24-01374Denied2026

    Applicant, a pro se IT network manager, was denied eligibility for access to classified information. The judge found psychological conditions, drug involvement and substance misuse, and criminal condu…

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Related issues under Guideline M

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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