Personnel Security Determination

A discretionary security decision by appropriately trained adjudicative personnel of all available personal and professional information that bears on the individual’s loyalty to the United States (U.S.), strength of character, trustworthiness, honesty, reliability, discretion and sound judgment, as well as freedom from conflicting allegiances and potential for coercion, and the willingness and ability to abide by regulations governing the use, handling, and protection of classified information and/or the execution of responsibilities of a sensitive position.