MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SECURITY AWARENESS PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: July 1, 1979
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DIRECTOR
OF
CENTRAL'
INTELLIGENCE
DCI Security Committee
Minimum Standards For
Security Awareness Programs
In The U.S. Intelligence Community
SECOM-D-543
July 1979
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Minimum Standards For Security Awareness Programs
In The U.S. Intelligence Community
Minimum standards are hereby established for the
security education programs designed to enhance the
security awareness of U.S. Government employees and
private contractors working in the U.S. Intelligence
Community. Compliance with these standards is re-
quired for all Departments/ Agencies within the Intel-
ligence Community. It is intended that existing securi-
ty awareness programs shall be modified to conform
with these standards. Departments/Agencies will es-
tablish a documented program, to ensure that training
has been presented to all personnel.
The security awareness requirements set forth here-
in are divided into three phases- Phase I concerns the
initial indoctrination of the employee which is normal-
ly administered prior to access to classified informa-
tion. Phase II concerns the continuing security aware-
ness program required to maintain and increase
security awareness throughout the period of access.
Phase III sets forth the final guidelines and instructions
when access to classified information is terminated.
I. Initial Indoctrination-As soon as practicable
after being approved for access to classified informa-
tion, employees shall receive an initial security indoc-
trination which shall include:
A. The need for and purpose of classified
information, and the adverse effects to the national
security that could result from unauthorized
disclosure.
B_ The intelligence mission of the
Department/Agency to include the reasons why intel-
ligence information is sensitive.
C_ The administrative, personnel, physical and
other procedural security requirements of the
Department/Agency, and those requirements peculiar
to specific duty assignments.
D. Individual classification management re-
sponsibilities as set forth in appropriate directives and
regulations to include classification/declassification
guidelines and marking requirements.
E. The definitions and criminal penalities for
espionage, including harboring or concealing persons;
gathering, transmitting, or losing defense information;
gathering or delivering defense information to aid
foreign governments; photographing and sketching
defense installations; unauthorized disclosure of classi-
fied information (Title 18, U.S.C., Sections 792
through 795, 797 and 798), the Internal Security Act of
1950 (Title 50, U.S.C., Section 783) and, when appro-
priate, the Atomic Energy Act, Sections 224 through
227.
F. The administrative sanctions for violation or
disregard of security procedures.
G. A review of the techniques employed by
foreign intelligence organizations in attempting to
obtain national security information.
H. Individual security responsibilities in-
cluding:
I. The prohibition against discussing classi-
fied information in a nonsecure area, over a nonsecure
telephone or in any other manner that permits access
by unauthorized persons.
2. The need to determine, prior to dissemi-
nating classified information, that the prospective
recipient has the proper security clearance, that the
classified information is needed in order to perform
official duties and that the recipient can properly
protect the information.
3. Administrative reporting requirements
such as foreign travel, contacts with foreign nationals,
attempts by unauthorized individuals to obtain nation-
al security information, physical security deficiencies
and loss or possible compromise of classified material.
4. Obligation to report to proper authorities
any information which could reflect on the trustwor-
thiness of an individual who has access to classified
information, such as:
a. Willful violation of security regulations
b. Unexplained affluence or excessive
indebtedness
c. Serious unlawful acts
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d_ Apparent mental or emotional
problems
e. Coercion or harassment attempts
f. Blackmail attempts
5. Identification of the elements in the
Department/Agency to which matters of security
interest are to be referred.
II. Periodic Employee Awareness Enhance-
ment-Each Department/Agency shall establish a
continuing security awareness program which will
provide for frequent exposure of personnel to viable
security awareness material. Implementation of a con-
tinuing program may include live briefings, audio-
visual presentations (e.g., video tapes, films and slide/
tape programs), printed material (e.g., posters, memo-
randa, pamphlets, fliers) or a combination thereof. It is
essential that current information and materials are
utilized. Programs should be designed to meet the
individual needs of the Department/Agency.
A. The basic elements for this program shall
include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. The foreign intelligence threat.
3. Administrative, personnel, physical and
procedural security.
4. Individual classification management
responsibility.
6. Individual security responsibilities.
7. A review of other appropriate De-
partment/Agency requirements.
B. Special security briefings/debriefings ? are
required to supplement the existing security awareness
programs in the following situations:
1. When an employee is designated as a
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2. When an employee travels, officially or
unofficially, to or through communist countries, or
areas of high risk.
3. When an employee has, or anticipates,
contact with representatives of communist controlled
countries.
4. When an employee is granted access to
sensitive compartmented information or crytographic
material.
5. When any other situation arises for which
a special briefing/debriefing is required by the
Department/Agency.
III. Debriefing-When a Department/Agency
has determined that access to classified information is
no longer required, final instructions and guidelines
will be provided to the employee. As a minimum these
shall include:
A. A requirement that the individual read
appropriate section of Titles 18 and 50, U.S. Code and
that the intent and criminal sanctions of these laws
relative to espionage and unauthorized disclosure be
clarified.
B. The continuing obligation never to divulge,
publish, or reveal by writing, word, conduct or other-
wise, to any unauthorized persons any classified infor-
mation relating to the national security, without the
written consent of appropriate Department/Agency
officials.
C. An acknowledgement that the individual
will report without delay to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, or the Department/Agency, any at-
tempt by an unauthorized person to solicit national
security information.
D. A declaration that the individual no longer
possesses any documents or material containing classi-
fied information.
E. A reminder of the risks associated with
foreign travel and certain hazardous activities as de-
fined in DCID 1/20, and Department/Agency report-
ing requirements as applicable.
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