Rob, depending on where the job was, you'd have to sign the Official Secrets Act and then also depending on the job, a vetting process would be carried out by the appropriate staff ie a Government agency.
So in essence a form filling excercise, but you can't turn up at ### and fill in a generic form that gives you 'clearance' for any department/body/project. Simon Rob Iles wrote: > > Hello List, > > I'm not sure this is the forum to ask such questions, so please forgive > me if you consider this OT. > > I've been given details of a number of Comp-sec roles in the UK (I'm UK > centric, born and bread), but they all require government / DoD security > clearance - how does one go about obtaining such clearance? is it a form > filling exercise or similar? any info greatly appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > > RI -- Simon Hogg, Learning Resources, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK. Postmaster & Academic Computing Officer. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. : (+44) 01865 483314 Fax. : (+44) 01865 483073
