Unauthorized Disclosure – Questions/Solutions
You are a cleared contractor employee and you are contacted via telephone
by a reporter asking info about a classified project. What should you do?
✔️Ans - Refer the reporter to the Department's Bureau of Public Affairs:
Office of Press Relations
Classified information that is deliberately disclosed to the media is
considered _______. ✔️Ans - a Leak
Your coworker would like to discuss a Secret project. She has a "need to
know," a Top Secret Clearance, and a signed SF-312. Can you show her the
specifications? ✔️Ans - Yes, your coworker is an authorized recipient
Serious security incidents that involve unauthorized disclosure in the
public media must always be reported to ________. ✔️Ans - The Office of
Special Investigations (DS/DO/OSI)
What act is often a common misconception regarding unauthorized
disclosure? ✔️Ans - The Whistle Blower Protection Act (PPD-19)
Your Supervisor should always have access to the material you are working
on, even is he/she does not have a "need-to-know?" ✔️Ans - False
Once you have been granted access, how long does your responsibility to
protect classified information extend? ✔️Ans - Throughout your life
What damage may be caused by unauthorized disclosures? ✔️Ans -
Potential loss of life
Damage to national security
Undermining of ongoing and planned ops
Damage to intel community sources and methods.
You are cleared employee and you discover an information leak. What
actions must you take? ✔️Ans - Immediately protect from further
disclosure
Report the unauthorized disclosure
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