The National Industrial Security Program, or NISP, is the nominal authority in the

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for managing the needs of

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to access

classified information Classified information is material that a government body deems to be sensitive information that must be protected. Access is restricted by law or regulation to particular groups of people with the necessary security clearance and need to know, ...

. The NISP was established in 1993 by Executive Order 12829. The

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nominally sets policy for the NISP, while the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office is nominally the authority for implementation. Under the ISOO, the

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is nominally the Executive Agent, but the NISP recognizes four different Cognizant Security Agencies, all of which have equal authority: the

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, the Department of Energy, the

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, and the

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administers the NISP on behalf of the Department of Defense and 34 other federal agencies.

NISP Operating Manual (DoD 5220.22-M)

A major component of the NISP is the NISP Operating Manual, also called NISPOM, or DoD 5220.22-M. The NISPOM establishes the standard procedures and requirements for all government contractors, with regards to classified information. , the current NISPOM edition is dated 28 Feb 2006. Chapters and selected sections of this edition are: * Chapter 1 – General Provisions and Requirements * Chapter 2 – Security Clearances ** Section 1 – Facility Clearances ** Section 2 – Personnel Security Clearances ** Section 3 – Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) * Chapter 3 – Security Training and Briefings * Chapter 4 –

Classification Classification is a process related to categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated and understood. Classification is the grouping of related facts into classes. It may also refer to: Business, organizat ...

and Marking * Chapter 5 – Safeguarding Classified Information * Chapter 6 – Visits and Meetings * Chapter 7 –

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* Chapter 8 –

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Security * Chapter 9 – Special Requirements ** Section 1 – RD and FRD ** Section 2 – DoD Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information (CNWDI) ** Section 3 – Intelligence Information ** Section 4 – Communication Security (COMSEC) * Chapter 10 – International Security Requirements * Chapter 11 – Miscellaneous Information ** Section 1 – TEMPEST ** Section 2 –

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(DTIC) ** Section 3 – Independent Research and Development (IR&D) Efforts * Appendices

Data sanitization

DoD 5220.22-M is sometimes cited as a standard for sanitization to counter data remanence. The NISPOM actually covers the entire field of government–industrial security, of which data sanitization is a very small part (about two paragraphs in a 141-page document). Furthermore, the NISPOM does not actually specify any particular method. Standards for sanitization are left up to the Cognizant Security Authority. The Defense Security Service provides a ''Clearing and Sanitization Matrix'' (C&SM) which does specify methods. (98 KB) As of the June 2007 edition of the DSS C&SM, overwriting is no longer acceptable for sanitization of magnetic media; only degaussing or physical destruction is acceptable.NIST (2014-12-18). Unrelated to NISP or NISPOM, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Security Division Released Special Publication 800-88 Revision 1, Guidelines for Media Sanitization, 18 December 2014. Retrieved from http://csrc.nist.gov/news_events/news_archive/news_archive_2014.html#dec18.

References

External links

EO-12829 overview ("National Industrial Security Program")

EO-12829 PDF

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