SECURITY ORIENTATION FOR SENIOR OFFICIALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82M00591R000100030109-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2005
• Sequence Number: 109
• Publication Date: January 3, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Security Committee
Chairman
SECOM Security Awareness Working Group
Robert W. Gambino
Chairman
Security Orientation for Senior Officials
STAT
1. Senior national security officials and their staffs
have extremely broad access to sensitive information and
regular contacts with the press. They also have very busy
schedules and must frequently deal with matters in a crisis
atmosphere. These factors make their security consciousness
a matter of concern. Yet these officials often lack intel-
ligence experience which could give them an instilled feeling
for good security to help them safeguard national security
in fast breaking situations.
2. 1 request that you, in conjunction with your working
group, draft a security orientation program for such officials.
This program should:
a. Be very concise so as to meet the time
constraints of such officials.
b. Provide effective guidance on why we need to
and how they can safeguard. intelligence sources and
methods during open discussions, on national security
matters.
c. Alert recipients to telephone security hazards
(perhaps this can tie in to an abbreviated version of
NSA's videotape film on that subject).
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d. Tell recipients how and where they can get
prompt security review of sensitive information they
may need to discuss with uncleared persons.
e. Provide officials with a single point of
contact for security advice that can respond
immediately to their needs.
f. Advise recipients of what we need from them
on a continuing basis in order to provide them good
security support.
3. Please provide a draft program for my consideration
not later than 30 March 1979.
Robert W. Gambino
Distribution:
Orig - Addressee
1 - C/SECOM
1 - SECOM Chrono
1 - SECOM Subject
SECOMI fh 3 Jan 79
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