DCSA Advances Ocular-Motor Deception Detection in Personnel Vetting Modernization
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is funding ocular-motor deception detection research to enhance personnel security vetting. This initiative, using EyeDetect technology, measures eye movements for credibility assessment.
Initially a low-risk R&D effort, by 2022 it entered operational testing at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The program has received $3 million in funding and expanded to field evaluations at the University of Maryland.
Future plans include integration of biometric data into the vetting process, contingent on regulatory approval from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. This aligns with DCSA's Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiative, which focuses on continuous vetting and modernizing security clearance processes.
