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Justification Letter

This letter requests approval to purchase an annual subscription to the Employee Security Connection newsletter to provide ongoing security awareness training for cleared employees. The newsletter is a cost-effective alternative to developing an in-house awareness newsletter, and helps the organization comply with government security regulations requiring ongoing training. Failure to provide proper training could result in loss of security clearance or government contracts. The subscription costs less than developing training materials in-house and saves on printing and distribution costs.

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Justification Letter

This letter requests approval to purchase an annual subscription to the Employee Security Connection newsletter to provide ongoing security awareness training for cleared employees. The newsletter is a cost-effective alternative to developing an in-house awareness newsletter, and helps the organization comply with government security regulations requiring ongoing training. Failure to provide proper training could result in loss of security clearance or government contracts. The subscription costs less than developing training materials in-house and saves on printing and distribution costs.

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Here is a draft letter you can use to request approval from management to get your Employee

Security Connection subscription.


To: Name of your manager and/or person who would approve your request
Re: Request to renew Employee Security Connection awareness service
I would lie !your company or agency" to purchase an annual su#scription to the Employee
Security Connection$ This quarterly %customi&a#le' security awareness newsletter ena#les us to
provide ongoing awareness training for our cleared employees at a fraction of the cost of
producing it in(house$ It)s also delivered electronically so there are no associated printing costs$
*$S$ government security regulations require [your company or agency name] to provide ongoing
security awareness training to our cleared worforce$ +ailure to provide such training can lead to
the loss or compromise of sensitive and classified information caused #y employee carelessness$
!,our company or agency name] security program is su#-ect to inspection #y government
auditors who evaluate a host of security issues we are required to comply with regarding the
protection of national security information$ .aramount among these compliance issues is
employee awareness$ In fact/ a component of the government inspection process often involves
qui&&ing employees to assess their level of awareness of security responsi#ilities$
0s you may now/ !your company or agency" receives a satisfactory or unsatisfactory security
rating #ased on the results of the government inspection$ In a worst case scenario/ an
unsatisfactory rating can lead to suspension or loss of security clearance and government
contracts$ The Employee Security Connection helps to effectively mitigate this ris$
Research shows that a lac of security awareness is the num#er one cause of serious pro#lems$
0nd in the current economic climate where insider and other threats are rising/ it)s more
important than ever to increase employee security awareness in order to prevent costly #reaches
#efore they happen$
The most cost(effective tool to accomplish this is the Employee Security Connection$ +or literally/
pennies per person per year/ it offers a quality awareness solution that trains our employees to #e
security conscious throughout the year$ It also provides proof(positive evidence to government
security inspectors that !your company or agency name] taes its security responsi#ilities
seriously$
The Employee Security Connection is produced/ pu#lished and licensed #y the National Security
Institute 1 a premier provider of security awareness training for more than twenty(five years$
2ere)s a #rief analysis of the cost effectiveness of using this service:
Cost to 3evelop an In(2ouse 0wareness Newsletter
Includes staff hours needed to research/ write/ edit and design a professionally produced
employee awareness newsletter on our own$
44 staff hours required to create each quarterly issue 5 6 issues 7 889 staff hours per year
889 staff hours annually : ;<99 per hr =Sal$ > ?enefits@ 7 ;88/999
0nnual cost of Employee Security Connection su#scription 7 [$998 for basic subscription"
.roductivity Savings: ;8</998
3elivery Cost
The Connection costs only pennies per person per year$
[$998 for basic subscription" / no$ of employees 7 cost per employee annually =Aess than the
price of a cup of coffeeB@
0nd when you factor in how many manhours we save #y not incurring downtime for employees to
attend numerous security awareness #riefings/ the cost savings and RCI are even greater$
Therefore/ I request your permission to purchase the Employee Security Connection su#scription$
Sincerely/
[your name]

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