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NEC’s National Security Business Expects to Begin Operating Under Special Security Agreement Soon

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021

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Dr. Kathleen Kiernan, president of NEC National Security Systems. Photo: NEC

About 18 months after starting the process to pursue classified work for the U.S. government, NEC Corporation of America’s relatively new National Security Systems (NSS) business expects to be fully mitigated against security risk and have its facilities clearances in January, the president of the business said in a recent interview. The Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) mitigation status with a Special Security Agreement will allow NEC NSS to pursue and address a “broader and deeper market,” particularly with…

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