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Information Security - CORRECT ANSWER To promote the proper and
effective way to classify, protect, and downgrade official information requiring
protection in the interest of national security
Also promotes declassification of information no long...
Information Security - CORRECT ANSWER To promote the proper and
effective way to classify, protect, and downgrade official information requiring
protection in the interest of national security
Also promotes declassification of information no longer requiring protection
EO 8381 - CORRECT ANSWER 1940
1st information security executive order
EO 13526 - CORRECT ANSWER 2009
Current executive order on information security
Prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying
national security information
Promotes declassification and public access to information as soon as national
security considerations permit
Established National Declassification Center
Greater openness and transparency
Stronger OCA and derivative classifier training requirements
Derivative classifiers identified by name
Self-inspection programs to review samples of original and derivatively classified
documents
Declassification exemptions of 50 and 75 years
ISOO - CORRECT ANSWER Information Security Oversight Office
Responsible for overseeing and managing the information security program under
the guidance of the National Security Council (NSC)
NSC provides overall policy direction
ISOO is the operating arm
Annual report to the president about each agency's security classification
program, analysis and reports
SF-311 - CORRECT ANSWER Agency Security Classification Management
Program Data
USD(I) - CORRECT ANSWER Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
,Has the primary responsibility for providing guidance, oversight, and approval
authority of policies and procedures that govern the DoD Information Security
Program
Guidance on Classification Management - marking, handling and protection
ISOO 32 CFR Parts 2001 and 2003 - CORRECT ANSWER Classified National
Security Information Final Rule
Provides guidance to all government agencies on classification, downgrading,
declassification, and safeguarding of classified national security information
DoD Instruction 5200.01 - CORRECT ANSWER Information Security Program
and Protection of Sensitive Compartmented Information
Establishes the basic information security policies for the DoD and provides a
high-level framework for DoD implementation of national policy on classified
national security information
Authorizes the publication of DoDM 5200.01 Vol 1-4, the DoD Information Security
Program
DoD 5200-1.H - CORRECT ANSWER Handbook for Writing Security
Classification Guidance
Provides detailed information on how to develop security classification guidance
Classified Information - CORRECT ANSWER Requires protection form
unauthorized disclosure
To be eligible - must be official government information that is owned by,
produced by, produced for, or under the strict control of the US government
3 Levels of Classification - CORRECT ANSWER TS - grave damage to
national security
S - serious damage to national security
C - damage to national security
Classification - CORRECT ANSWER Determination that information requires
protection in the interest of national security
Either original or derivative
Original Classification - CORRECT ANSWER An initial determination that
information requires protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interest of
national security
OCA - CORRECT ANSWER Original Classification Authority
,Request for OCA contains mission justification and position title
Delegated in writing by the president to the occupant of the position, not to an
individual by name, not able to delegate further unless "acting"
Specifies the highest level of the OCA can classify a piece of information and
their jurisdiction
Must go through training prior to exercising their authority and at least 1x a year
A demonstrable and continuing need for such authority at least 2x a year
6 steps to OCA decision process - CORRECT ANSWER Gov't Info - Determine
if the information is official government information or has it already been
classified by another OCA
Eligibility - determine if the information is eligible for classification (not a
smokescreen)
Impact/harm - determine if potential for damage to national security if release
occurs
Designation - assign a level of classification
Duration - determine duration of classification
Guidance - communicate decision via SCG or properly marked source document
SCG - CORRECT ANSWER Security Classification Guide
A document issued by a OCA that provides derivative classification instructions
Describes the elements of information that must be protected as well as the level
and duration of classification
SCG Format - CORRECT ANSWER General instructions
Overall efforts
Performance and capabilities
Specifications
Critical elements
Vulnerabilities and weaknesses
Administrative data
Hardware
CPI - CORRECT ANSWER Critical Program Information
Includes both classified military information and controlled unclassified
information
Needs to be protected from unauthorized or inadvertent destruction, transfer,
alteration, or loss
Compromise of critical program information can significantly alter program
direction, shorten combat effective life of the system, or require additional
, research, development, test, and evaluation resources to counter impact of its
loss
DoD 5200.39
Compilation - CORRECT ANSWER Combining elements of information that
are individually unclassified may be classified if the compiled information reveals
an additional association or relationship that qualifies for classification under
DoD policy
OCAs designate when and what types of information are classified through
compilation
Explain the basis for classification by compilation on the face of the document or
in the text
Mark each portion individually according to its classified content
Derivative Classification - CORRECT ANSWER The process of using existing
classified information to create new material and marking that newly developed
material consistent with the classification markings that apply to the source
information
The incorporating, paraphrasing, restating, or generating in new form any
information that is already classified
Not an authority, an assumed responsibility
Does not include duplication or reproduction of existing classified information
Must receive training at least once every 2 years
5 Requirements of Derivative Classification - CORRECT ANSWER Observe
and respect the OCA's original classification determination
Apply required markings
Use only authorized sources (SCG and source documents)
Use caution when paraphrasing - required knowledge of subject
Take steps to resolve doubts
Authorized Sources - CORRECT ANSWER SCG, properly marked source
documents, DD254
When there is a conflict, the SCG takes precedence
Extracting - CORRECT ANSWER When information is taken directly from an
authorized classification guidance source and is stated verbatim in a new or
different document
Paraphrasing/restating - CORRECT ANSWER When information is taken from
an authorized source and is re-worded in a new of different document
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