The Government's Program for Protecting National Security Information

Abstract

National security information includes classified information pertaining to national defense and foreign relations. The protection of classified information generally falls into three broad categories--information security, physical security, and personnel security. Briefly, information security involves the proper classification and marking of national security information: physical security involves the safe transmission and secure use and storage of the classified information; and personnel security involves the investigation and adjudication of information concerning an individual, needed to determine that the individual is trustworthy and can be given access to classified information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 1985
Accession Number
AD1105269

Entities

People

  • Bill W. Thurman

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civilian Personnel
  • Classified Materials
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Executives
  • Foreign Relations
  • Government Employees
  • Governments
  • Information Security
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Physical Security
  • Security
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design