Classification Management, Marking & Safeguarding of Classified Information Flashcards

Which classification level applies to information whose unauthorized disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to national security?

Answer: Secret

Confidential means damage, Secret means serious damage, and Top Secret means exceptionally grave damage to national security. CUI is not classified.

A cleared contractor creates a new document using information from a classified source document. This activity is called:

Answer: Derivative classification

Derivative classification is incorporating, paraphrasing or restating already-classified information in a new document and marking it according to the source or a security classification guide. Contractors perform derivative classification, not original classification.

Which three items typically make up the classification authority block on a derivatively classified document?

Answer: Classified By, Derived From, Declassify On

A derivatively classified document shows the derivative classifier ('Classified By'), the source or guide ('Derived From'), and the declassification instruction ('Declassify On').

What form is used to record the opening and closing of a security container?

Answer: SF 702, Security Container Check Sheet

SF 702 records each opening, closing and check of a security container. SF 701 is the Activity Security Checklist for end-of-day area checks.

When must the combination to a security container be changed?

Answer: When first placed into use, when someone with knowledge of it departs or loses access, when it is compromised, or when the container is taken out of service

Combinations must be changed on initial use, on departure or loss of clearance of anyone who knows them, on suspected compromise, and when the container is taken out of service (reset to the factory standard 50-25-50).

When multiple source documents are used to derivatively classify a new document, what should appear on the 'Derived From' line?

Answer: 'Multiple Sources', with a list of the sources kept with the file copy

For more than one source, 'Multiple Sources' is annotated on the Derived From line. A list of the sources must be maintained with the file or record copy of the document.