A COMPARISON OF THE DRAFT OF PHYSICAL SECURITY STANDARDS FOR(Sanitized)CONTROL FACILITIES WITH USIB-D-9.1/20 DTD 1973

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• Publication Date: April 4, 1980
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Security Committee SECOM-D-161
4 April 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary
DCI Security Committee
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SUBJECT: A Comparison of the Draft of Physical
Security Standards For APEX Control
Facilities with USIB-D-9.1/20 dtd 1.973
1. As you are aware, the Working Group to revise
USIB-I)-9. 1/19 (Physical Security Standards for Compartmented
Information) recently submitted a draft of a new standard.
As an aid to its evaluation the old and new standards have
been compared. Listed below are what I consider to be the
principal differences between the two documents. As you will
note, there is not a, perfect match-up, section by section,
between the old and new. However, the general format: is the
same.
2. The differences as I see them are:
Policy Statement
Page 1, line 10. - The new atandard extends coverage
to electric and electronic equipment located in APEX
Facilities (not addressed in the old standard)
Page 2, line S - The new stan,lard requires the
accreditation authority, in waiver situations, to
notify the ACF manager where his facility fails to
meet standards (new requirement).
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Section II - Perimeter Construction Cr
Operating
Mode
Domestic Open
Storage, Ground
Level with
Waiver
Page 11-4, Line 20
Domestic continuous
operations.
Ground level
Page II-5 Line 23
Domestic closed
storage above/below
ground.
Page 11-7 Line 20
Domestic continuous
operations. Above/
below ground
Page 11-8 Line 09
Overseas closed
storage
ground level
Page TI-10 Line 5
Overseas continuous
operations.
Ground level
Page IT-10 Line I5
Requirements
New Standards
Building Access Control
24 hr. guard force
alarm
system
Overseas Sec. area
construction
Domestic Sec. area
Guard response
Lockable containers or
tested. evacuation/destruc-
tion plan in lieu of con-
tainers
Domestic Sec. area
Class 6 safe alarm system
Domestic Sec. area.
Lockable containers or
Tested evacuation/destruc-
tion plan in
lieu
of
safes.
Overseas
Sec.
area
Alarm
Class 5
Safe
Overseas
sec.
area
GSA approved. safe or
tested evacuation/destruc-
tion plan in. lieu of safe
Requirements
Old Standards
Same except that only
building perimeter wall,
(not interior) of the
ACF must meet overseas
sec. area stds.
Domestic sec. area
Guard response
Lockable containers
Domestic Sec. area
Class 3/6 safe alarm
or twice per hour guard
patrol.
Domestic sec. area
Lockable containers
Overseas Sec. area
Alarm
Class 3/6 safe or
Domestic Sec: area alarm
Class 5 safe
Common ACF/ bui lding
Perimeter walls only to
overseas sec. area stds.
GSA approved safes or, i,
lieu tested evacuation/ destruction plan - adegui-~
guard response
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Operating Requirements
Mode New Standards
Overseas closed
storage above/below
ground.
Page I1-10 Line 5
Overseas Sec. area
Class 5 Safe alarm
Overseas continuous
operations
above/below ground
Page II-10 Line 15
Overseas Sec. area
Alarm or alert system
GSA approved safe or
evacuation/destruction
plan.
Requirements
Old Standards
Class S safe guard patrol
an hour or class 3/6 safe
alarm
pproved. GSA safe or
tested evacuation/
destruction plan.
Section III - Security Alarm stems
b. The new standard removes the requirement of the old
standard that security alarm systems must meet GSA's Interim
Federal Specifications for alarm systems. It also removes
the Atomic Energy Commission (Now NRC) as the official govern-
ment test facility for alarm systems.
c. The new standard upgrades transmission line security
one class - Top or "high line security" of the old standard is
now Class B line security under the new standard.
d. Page III-l, line 21 and Page 111-2, line 15.
Domestically, if for reasons beyond the control of the ACF
manager an in-house or government controlled alarm system is
impractical or impossible then specified commercial service
may be substituted. This opeion was not available under the
old standard..
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Section V - Miscellaneous Ph _sical Security Standards
a. Page V-1, line 21 - The new standard for the first
time addresses security procedures to be observed. in connection
with the use of electronic word processing equipment in ACF's.
b. Page V-2, lines 10 and 23. The new standard for the
first time addresses two new work situations described as
"Temporary Secure Areas".
Annex A - Vault Specificatioons_
a. Page A-1, line 9. Concrete vaults have been slightly
strengthened by increasing the thickness of the floor and ceiling
line 19. The new standard requires a Class
Page A-2
h
,
.
F door for all vaults. The old standard allowed an option of
a Class 6 or Class 5 door.
Distribution:
Orig - Addressee
1 - SECOM Subj
1 - SECOM Chronot/
SECOM IIns 4 Apr 80
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