A system of record for personnel security, adjudication determination, clearance, verification, and history. The term applies not only to this system, but to any successor of the DOD personnel security system of record.

• A. Department of Defense (DOD) Security System of Record
• B. Derivation System of Record
• C. Designated Disclosure Authority System
• D. Destruction System of Record

Answer: (A)

Recognizing that personnel security data—adjudication determinations, current clearance status, verification checks, and the history of an individual’s security records—must be stored in one authoritative source. That source is the Department of Defense Security System of Record. It represents the official system of record for DoD personnel security data and is intended to cover not only the current system but any successor systems that continue to hold the same role and data lineage. This naming aligns with DoD terminology for the central repository of security records, ensuring a consistent point of reference across changes in technology or policy. The other options do not reflect the established DoD designation for this central repository and would not be used to describe the official system that maintains these records.