Statement of Responsibility
As a Cleared Defense Contractor, Mississippi State University (MSU) provides security awareness and guidance to help personnel recognize potential or actual insider‑threat indicators across all work environments, including on‑campus, off‑campus, and remote or telework settings. MSU ensures personnel are informed on how and where to report observed insider‑threat concerns.
Reports are reviewed through the MSU Research Security Insider Threat Program, which applies appropriate risk‑management principles, analytical methods, and investigative techniques tailored to the specific circumstances of each report. All activities are conducted in accordance with applicable laws and policies and with appropriate protections for privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of both the reporting individual and the subject of the report.
Who This Applies To
Reporting requirements apply to all Mississippi State University (MSU) staff, faculty students, and all other individuals granted authorized access to MSU personnel, facilities, data, information, networks, or systems.
Cleared personnel are those to whom the DOW has granted eligibility determinations or who are being processed for access to classified information.
Uncleared personnel are those to whom the DOW has not granted or who are not being processed for access to classified information.
The policy also applies to all work performed on behalf of MSU in on‑campus, off‑campus, geographically separated, and remote or telework environments.
Reporting Options
1. Direct to the DoD/DoW. Anyone may file a complaint with the DOW Hotline. The mission of the DOW Hotline is to provide a confidential, reliable means to report violations of law, rule, or regulation; fraud, waste, and abuse; mismanagement; trafficking in persons; serious security incidents; or other criminal or administrative misconduct that involve DOW personnel and operations, without fear of reprisal.
www.dodig.mil/hotline
DOW Hotline Phone Numbers:
800-424-9098 (Toll-Free)
703-604-8799 (Commercial)
2. Direct to Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency which is MSU's cognizant authority as a DOW Cleared Contractor
1-855-865-1508 (toll-free)
DCSA IG Hotline Email: dcsa.ig@mail.mil
3. The MSU Ethics Line, this can be anonymous. Click: Make a Report / Research / Research Security
4. Contact your Research Security team by email, phone, or stop by ORED and we can discuss the concern and provide guidance.