MEETING WITH CLARUS RICE REGARDING JOINT IC/DOD COMPUTER SECURITY PROJECT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R000400510036-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2008
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: May 10, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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DCI/ICS 83-4013
10 May 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: D/PPS
FROM:
IHC
SUBJECT: Meeting with Clarus Rice regarding Joint
IC/DOD Computer Security Project
briefed Mr. Clarus
1. On 4 May 1983,
Rice, Director, office of Central Reference (OCR), on the joint IC/DOD
Computer Security Project. Mr. Rice agreed with the need for the effort and
offered his support of the procteMrheRhce eard an
objectives and tasks to be accomplished,
comments:
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o He expressed concern for the ggeneral aata
access via Community networks
resulting lack of positive control over the data consistent with
the intent of the originator.
o He voiced his concern with the IHC's Community Information
Retrieval System (CIRS) plan stating that he was generally
a technical solution
opposed to the effort since lhewadoubted that forthcoming.
to multilevel access con
o He noted one of the almost an unlimitedlnumber of
automated systems is
"release control markings," (i.e., the authorized control
markings identified in DCID 1/7 are not strictly enforced).
o He stated his concern that more
producers
to automated systems/networks
begin to reduce the amount of data they will allow to be placed
in these systems because of concerns over lack of adequate
stwants all DDO
security safeguards. He /CIA now
material to be removed from the
ast 2. Mr. Rice provided some exabplety topenf orcebthes"needatonknow"with
on-line systems and their lack of a e of principle. He requested that odurofgthee risk u rse f acesethroDgD thepexpansion of
Security Project the DCI be told noted that such an assessment was STAT
computer/communications networks.
one of the tasks of the project and g the
illinnesseto help las'much lasdpossible. request Mr.
effort. Mr. Rice expressed h s
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