COMMUNITY-WIDE, COMPUTER-ASSISTED COMPARTMENTATION CONTROL SYSTEM (4CS)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01133A000600070025-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 17
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2004
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: September 17, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SECURITY COMMITTEE
SEC OM-D-112
17 September 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Chairman, United 'States Intelligence Board
SUBJECT :
Community-Wide, Computer-Assisted
Compartmentation Control System (4Cs)
REFERENCE :
(A)
(B)
USIB-M-669, 30 May 1974, Item 5
USIB-D-9. 5/16, 30 October 1974
1. Attached is the report of .the Security Committee's
working group on the follow-on study which the Board agreed to
support after the Security Committee recommended rejection of
the CLAIRE concept.
2. Toward a goal of inducing economy and efficiency
in the community's management of compartmented clearances,
the representatives of CIA, DIA, Army, Navy, Air Force, State,
ERDA and NSA developed and costed a design to meet their
requirements in this area. The configuration of this system calls
for a central facility in the form of a secure dedicated minicomputer
in one agency connected to remote terminals in other agencies.
3. The design permits registration of approximate)
individuals, each of whom can be credited with
clearances. The design is open-ended and more storage capacity
can be added. The design provides for expansion capabilities
but is limited initially to use in the Washington area. The design
also provides for a suppression capability to limit access to
certain personnel and/or clearances to the inputting department
if this feature is desired.
4. The central facility would cost approximately
and require monthly personnel costs of Iland maintenance
costs of Departments and agencies perceive the need for
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terminals of different configurations to satisfy unique requirements.
The projected costs of these terminals are:
A enc
DIA
Army
Air Force
Navy
CIA
NSA
State
ERDA
Equipments
Monthly Maintenance
5. The participating members endorse-this concept and the
FBI and Treasury Department, while not represented on the working
group due to small need for such a facility, also endorse the proposal.
6. Recommendations
The Security Committee believes that this computer-assisted
compartmentation clearance control procedure is feasible and cost-
effective, and recommends:
(a) That USIB endorse the concept and authorize
its implementation.
(b) That the Office of Joint Computer Services, CIA,
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