Workplace Security

Los Alamos National Laboratory plays a critical role in national and global security, and every employee contributes to that security through their role and through maintaining a culture that values and promotes security in everything they do. We are all expected to maintain a secure workplace to protect each other, special nuclear material, property, and information.  The specific security roles of every worker are determined both by the worker’s job position and the role of the organization to which they belong.

Triad does not tolerate any type of workplace violence. Workplace violence includes all actions or threats, by employees or non-employees, which are violent in nature. Employees should try to protect one another from the dangers of any illegal activity in or near the workplace by immediately reporting any suspicious activity to the Security Incident Team, a Deployed Security Professional, management, and/or Human Resources Employee Relations (HR-ER).  While on site, a worker who believes that immediate action is required to respond to a threat to life or to a situation that could result in serious bodily harm should call 911 and then notify their group- or higher-level manager.

Cyber Security

The protection of the Laboratory’s computing and network resources, and the information that resides therein, is of critical importance to Triad. Use of The Laboratory network and computing resources is a privilege extended to our employees to allow them to do their work more efficiently and effectively. Employees are responsible for understanding the rules that apply to their use of the Lab’s computing and network resources and for complying with those rules.

Classified Information

Triad is required to establish and maintain policies and procedures to protect all classified information received from the government or generated by the Laboratory. Pursuant to this requirement, we must remember these key points:

• Access to classified information is to be allowed only to authorized persons who have been cleared for the level of information, such as Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret for the Department of Defense and “L” or “Q” for the Department of Energy.
• Classified information should be released only to authorized individuals on a “need to know” basis.
• Review of classified information must take place only in secured areas and removal of classified information from the facility must be specifically authorized by the government.

We must all properly handle classified information, including its storage, shipping, reproduction, and destruction, in accordance with applicable government rules and Laboratory policies. Employees authorized to have access to classified information must be familiar with the applicable security restrictions under government regulations and the Lab’s policies to implement its relevant contract requirements.

Summary of Policy

The Laboratory has implemented a graded approach to safeguards and security controls associated with different areas established by the Laboratory.  As sensitivity, value, and consequence of compromise of Laboratory assets and activities increase, progressively more restrictive safeguards and security controls are established.

Do the Right Thing

• Adhere to all security procedures.
• Workers must immediately report any known or potential incident of security concern to the Security Incident Team (SIT) or a Deployed Security Professional/Security Program Lead (DSP/SPL) and to their Responsible Line Manager (RLM).
• Promptly report any unusual or suspicious situation to your manager or to security personnel.
• Conduct daily work within security requirements and contribute to the protection of security interests around you.
• Lock your workstation when stepping away.
• Promote security awareness and report security anomalies or violations of security requirements to the RLM and the SIT immediately.
• Follow instructions by Protective Force Security Officers.
• Observe security rules for each area.
• Seek help from deployed or core security representatives or the Security Helpdesk regarding security requirements, methods for accomplishing a security task, or other questions, concerns, or suggestions.
• Stop or pause work when there is a security concern, and if a worker observes a concern in another person’s work, inform that person or his or her supervisor immediately.
• Ensure that work is authorized and performed in accordance with the Integrated Safeguards and Security Management (ISSM) five step process.
• Notify your group or higher-level manager when you are a target of workplace violence or threats of violence or when you know of violent behavior or threats directed at others. If the threat is imminent, call 911 and then notify management.

Additional Resources:

• Security Help/Deployed Security Desk at 665-2002
• Security Incident Team: 665-3505
• After-hours On-call Duty Officer: 699-4094 (cell) or 949-0156 (pager)
• Central Alarm Station: 665-7708
• Protective Force Shift Major: 665-1279
• Personnel Security and Assurance Help Desk: 667-7253
• Substance Abuse On-call Assistance: 667-8378 (P-TEST)
• Defense Protection Program
• Computer Security
• Deployed Security Professional  Contacts
• Security Clearance Reporting Requirements