Information Security: Special Access Document Control at Northrop's Advanced Systems Division

Abstract

In September 1986, Northrop had over 2.7 million classified documents at its Pica Rivera facility. DOD's Industrial Security Manual requires contractors to maintain accountability records for all top secret and secret information. (The manual does not require contractors to maintain accountability records for confidential information.) The Pica Rivera facility had about 3,600 top secret, 221,000 secret, and 2.5 million confidential documents as of August 31, 1986. By December 31, 1986, the total number of accountable classified documents had increased to about 260,0100, according to a DOD representative. Northrop's document control system consists of a Master Control Center and 136 document control points (substations) located throughout the facility. Individuals responsible for physical custody of accountable classified documents are called "custodians." These custodians include individuals who use the documents in their jobs and substation operators, who are responsible for substation records.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1987
Accession Number
AD1166736

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Conahan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Accounting
  • Classified Materials
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Corporations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Information Security
  • Inspection
  • Inventory
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Cybersecurity.
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  • Library and Information Science