Update 2_Solicitation Appendix 2 - Security Program Questionnaire.docx

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The document is a Security Program Questionnaire designed for contractors/recipients applying for research funding, specifically for the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The questionnaire comprehensively assesses an applicant's security protocols across 13 key areas, including physical security, information storage and transmission, personnel access safeguards, cybersecurity, operations security, insider threat mitigation, and willingness to participate in annual AFRL S&T Protection training.

The associated federal grant opportunity is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Air Dominance, issued by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory on 1 November 2024. The program supports fundamental and applied scientific research to maintain technological superiority for the United States Air Force and Space Force, with research areas including quantum computing, materials science, aerospace systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced electronics. Project grants typically range from $10,000 to $1,042,850, with performance periods of one to five years, primarily targeting research universities, non-profit research organizations, and institutions with strong engineering and scientific capabilities.

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SECURITY PROGRAM QUESTIONNAIRE

Objective: This questionnaire is used to review the security program and practices of the institutions receiving research funding.

Intended Audience/User: Completed by Contractor/Recipient; reviewed by S&T Protection Lead.

Date Submitted:

Applicant Name:

Cage Code/SCL and level (if applicable):

Completed by Name:

Position/Title:

1. What are your physical security plans?

2. What information security processes are in place?

3. Where will information for this effort be stored? (examples: computers, cloud, file cabinets, etc.)

4. What procedures are in place for transmission/transportation of information for this effort?

5. What procedures are in place for disposal and destruction of information for this effort?

6. What procedures are in place for reproduction of information for this effort?

7. What safeguards are in place for personnel who can access information for this effort?

8. What is the plan for safeguarding GFE/GFI?

9. What procedures are in place for cybersecurity or network protection?

10. What operations security processes are in place to prevent adversaries’ access to information for this effort or actions that would compromise your projects?

11. What processes are in place to deter, detect, and mitigate actions of insider threat?

12. What procedures are in place to handle if information for this effort is compromised?

13. Are you willing to provide AFRL S&T Protection training to all personnel with access annually?

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