Industrial Security: DoD Cannot Provide Adequate Assurances That Its Oversight Ensures the Protection of Classified Information

Abstract

Department of Defense (DOD) contractors perform numerous services that require access to classified information. With access comes the possibility of compromise, particularly as foreign entities increasingly seek U.S. military technologies. To ensure the protection of classified information, the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) establishes requirements that contractors must meet. In administering the NISP for DOD and 24 other government agencies, DOD's Defense Security Service (DSS) monitors whether 11,000- plus contractor facilities' security programs meet NISP requirements. In response to a Senate report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, GAO assessed DSS's oversight and examined DSS's actions after possible compromises of classified information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 2004
Accession Number
AD1157912

Entities

People

  • Katherine V. Schinasi

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Accounting
  • Classified Materials
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Systems
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Websites

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  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.