Norman Pashoian, an Industrial Security Consultant in the Firm's National Security and CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) practice, provides non-legal strategic advice on compliance with Department of Defense and Department of Energy industrial security regulations. His expertise centers on foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) matters as they pertain to US government contractors, including establishing and complying with FOCI mitigation arrangements, obtaining facility security clearances, and related strategic advice. Norm, who has over 35 years of industrial security experience, also provides industrial security regulatory compliance counsel pertaining to cleared companies, including with respect to National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual requirements.
Norm previously served 17 years with the Department of Defense - Defense Security Service (DSS, now known as the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency or DCSA), including appointment as the Deputy Inspector General (Industrial Security). During his tenure with DSS, Norm was a member of the professional staff of DSS Headquarters, with assignments to the International Security, FOCI and Special Access Programs divisions. He also served as a security inspector for five years in the greater Boston area.
