Security Officers are responsible for reporting on:

• staff movements in their entity that affect a clearance holder's clearance level requirements or suitability to hold a clearance
• when clearance holders go on long-term leave
• concerning behaviour in clearance holders
• other security responsibilities, managed by the corporate security sections of an entity.

Security Officer portal tasks

The Security Officer portal is used for all security clearance related processes, including:

• Updating Chief Security Officer and Security Officer contact details.
• Requesting and removing sponsorship of security clearances.
• Submitting notifiable information reports.
• Requesting priority processing of security clearance assessments.
• Checking progress of security clearance assessments.

Visit the Security Officer portal page for details to access and login.

Reporting notifiable information

Clearance holders must be monitored for significant behavioural changes.

Behavioural changes that must be notified to the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency include:

• disciplinary actions
• security incidents.