# Inside a Career as a Security Clearance Adjudicator

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/inside-a-career-as-a-security-clearance-adjudicator/801>\
**Category:** INVESTIGATORS\
**Created:** [December 11, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/inside-a-career-as-a-security-clearance-adjudicator/801 "2013-12-11T14:30:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![lindy.kyzer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/lindy.kyzer/32/1428_2.png) [@lindy.kyzer](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/lindy.kyzer)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/inside-a-career-as-a-security-clearance-adjudicator/801/1 "2013-12-11T14:30:00Z")

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Originally published at: [https://clearancejobsblog.com/inside-a-career-as-a-security-clearance-adjudicator/](https://clearancejobsblog.com/inside-a-career-as-a-security-clearance-adjudicator/)  
   
Adjudicating security clearances isn’t an easy job. It requires personal integrity, and offers a variety of challenges. A contributor recently outlined the some of the requirements of the job, offering a glimpse into the other side of the security clearance investigation process. Below is an excerpt from the article. Read it in its entirety here.…

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**Author:** ![sbusquirrel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/sbusquirrel/32/34_2.png) [@sbusquirrel](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/sbusquirrel)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/inside-a-career-as-a-security-clearance-adjudicator/801/2 "2017-02-16T11:59:59Z")

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Thanks, we don’t usually hear too much about this end of the business.

But something I’ve wondered, and the article doesn’t really address it… in order to become an adjudicator, is it necessary to have some background doing investigations? It would seem to be a valuable prerequisite.

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**Author:** ![DoD\_Ditto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@DoD\_Ditto](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/DoD_Ditto)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/inside-a-career-as-a-security-clearance-adjudicator/801/3 "2018-02-21T13:05:17Z")

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Can you start a topic involving how to become an adjudicator? I’m very interested. Thanks