ISCD Updates More FAQs – 06-23-16

Today the DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) updated nine of the frequently asked question (FAQ) responses on the CFATS Knowledge Center. The FAQ responses updated today were:

#723 – What are the requirements to be a Preparer?

#724 – What are the responsibilities of a Preparer?

#725 – What guidance is there regarding the selection of a Preparer?

#730 – If I transfer my Preparer role to another Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) user, will it affect the other user roles for these facilities?

#732 – What are the responsibilities of a Reviewer?

#733 – What guidance is there regarding the selection of a Reviewer?

#734 – All flow chart diagrams in the Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) User Registration User Manual show one Authorizer and one Submitter, but our facility wants to have one Authorizer and multiple Submitters. How do we do that?

#1281 – What are the requirements to be a Reviewer?

#1391 – When would an entity consider transferring accounts once Authorizer, Submitter, and Preparer roles have been defined?

In each of these FAQ responses the earlier responses (dating back to 2008) simply referred the reader to the CSAT Registration User Guide; some with the link tagged to the page in an earlier version of the manual that addressed the issue raised in the FAQ. Today’s responses provide the actual explanation from that User Guide. This certainly provides a quicker response to the FAQ, but most of today’s responses do not provide links to the manual for further information.

NOTE: The four FAQ responses that I reported that still remained to be updated have not been updated for the new CSAT URL.