Director's Message

Welcome to the Office of Security Technology and Assistance

Larry D. Wilcher, Director

The Office of Security Technology and Assistance (HS-80) is one of 13 subordinate offices within the Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS). HS-80 is committed to improving the Department's safeguards and security posture by providing safeguards and security subject matter expertise upon request to assist field and Headquarters elements and by deploying safeguards and security technologies that serve as force multiplies for addressing the emerging and challenging threats faced by the Department.

We work closely with the field, with Headquarters, and with the other offices within HSS to ensure that site assistance efforts are well coordinated and that the lessons learned from deployed technologies are promulgated throughout the complex. HS-80 subject matter experts provided assistance to a number of field locations to include: INL, LLNL, ORNL, Y-12, LANL, NSO, SRS, OST, RL, SNL/NM, SNL/TTR, WIPP, Yucca Mountain, and the Pantex and Kansas City Plants. With the restructuring of HSS, we remain committed to continuing the customer-focused safeguards and security assistance program that serves the interests of the Department while at the same time aggressively pursuing the deployment of technologies that will improve safeguards and security over the coming decades.

I also want to highlight the continuing services being provided by the Safeguards and Security Information Management System and the Incident Tracking and Analysis System. These two powerful security information management tools are provided by the Office of Security Assistance to address a number of areas of interest to Headquarters and Field Elements. Specifically, these systems provide retrievable data that includes: registration of security interests by facility/contract; FOCI, security surveys, inspections, deficiencies tracking, corrective action plans as well as incidents of security concern, inquiry reports, and damage assessments.

I hope that you will find this web site helpful in understanding what the Office of Security Technology and Assistance is all about, and how and why we do the things we do.