SECURITY OF TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS - SURVEY

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• Publication Date: November 27, 1985
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Serial: NTISS/002/85
27 November 1985
SUBJECT: Security of Telephone Communications - Survey
The Executive Agent for National Telecommunications and
Information Systems Security recently outlined a program
implementing the STU-III family of secure telephones on a
government-wide basis. The STU-III family offers us the
opportunity to achieve adequate security for our telephone
communications at a reasonable cost and with minimum user impact.
Deliveries of the secure telephones are expected to begin in
1987. In order to ensure an adequate supply of STU-III
telephones, the Executive Agent requested that a comprehensive
survey be accomplished to determine telephone security
requirements, and asked that I provide any additional guidance to
assist you in that endeavor.
The attached STU-III Requirements Survey, along with
additional supporting information, is for your use in conducting
a survey within your organization. Survey results will, in
addition to providing a comprehensive baseline for the
implementation of the STU-III, serve to support consolidated
budget initiatives. A complete and accurate response is
essential and should be made without regard to budget limitations
or current lack of funding within your organization.
Each organization should identify a point of contact for
survey matters to the Future Secure Voice System (FSVS) Special
Project Office, NSA, no later than 6 December 1985, and return the
completed survey by 15 January 1986. All inquiries for additional
information or assistance in completing the survey should be
addresse FSVS User Relations Staff, NSA, Attention:
Operations Building #3, Room C2A52.
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WILLIAM E. ODOM
Lieutenant General, USA
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NTISS Secretariat
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DISTRIBUTION:
Secretary of State
Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Secretary of Treasury
Department of Treasury
Fifteenth Street and
Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20220
Attorney General of
the United States
Department of Justice
Constitution Ave and
Tenth Street NW
Washington DC 20530
Secretary of Interior
Department of the Interior
C Street between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
.Fourteenth Street and
Independence SW
Washington, DC 20250
Secretary of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Fourteenth Street between
Constitution Ave. and E St., NW
Washington, DC 20230
Secretary of Labor
Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20210
Secretary of Health
and Human Services
Department of Health
and Human Services
200-Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20201
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Serial: NTISS/002/85
Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development
Department of Housing
and Urban Development
451 Seventh St., SW
Washington, DC 20410
Secretary of Transportation
Department of Transportation
400 Seventh St., SW
Washington, DC 20590
Secretary of Energy
Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20585
Secretary of Education
Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20202
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20503
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Acting Administrator
General Services Administration
General Services Building
Eighteenth and F Sts., NW
Washington, DC 20405 =
Director
Federal Emergency Management Agency
500 C Street
Washington, DC 20472
Manager
National Communications System
18th and South Courthouse Road
Arlington, VA 22204
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Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
1919 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20554
Administrator
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
400 Maryland Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20546
Chairman
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
1717 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20555
Administrator
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20591
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, DC 20234
Director
United States Information Agency
400 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20547
Manager
White House Communications Agency
National Communications System
8th and Sourth Courthouse Road
Washington, DC 22204
Comptroller General
of the United States
General Accounting Office
411 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20548
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STU-III REQUIREMENTS SURVEY
ADDRESS:
COMMERCIAL PHONE:
AUTOVON:
This survey contains eight (8) general questions/categories:
1
- 3:
Employee
information
4
- 5:
Current
unsecured telephone equipment information
6:
Current
secure telephone equipment information
7:
Current
and future secure telephone requirements
8:
Type of information your organization processes
For your convenience and information, the following attachments
are also provided for reference:
1.
STU-III
Low Cost Terminal (Type I)
description
2.
STU-III
Low Cost Terminal (Type II)
description
3.
STU-III
Command
and
Control (KY-77)
description
4.
SECDEF Letter 16
Sep
5.
SECDEF Letter 23
Oct
6.
NACAM 84/1
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1. How many employees do you have in your department/agency?
(CONUS=Continental United States, PAC=Pacific, EUR=Europe)
2. How many employees have security clearances?
3. How many employees deal with 'unclassified' sensitive or
National Security Related (NSR) information (see NACAM 84/1,
Attachment 6) but do not have security clearances?
(STU-III REQUIREMENTS SURVEY)
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4. What is the total number of unsecured telephones used by your
department/agency?
CONUS PAC EUR OTHER TOTAL
S. How many cellular mobile telephones does your
department/agency currently have or plan to have within the next
five years?
6. Does your department/agency have secure telephones? If so,
please provide the following information:
TYPE (KY-3, STU-II, etc.) QUANTITY OF EACH TYPE
CONUS
(STU-III REQUIREMENTS SURVEY)
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TYPE (KY-3, STU-II, etc.) QUANTITY OF EACH TYPE
(STU-III REQUIREMENTS SURVEY)
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7. Regardless of cost or available funding, approximately how many
secure telephones does your department/agency need to satisfy its
internal/external communications requirements? Please provide
breakdown according to types defined in Attachments 1, 2 and 3. If
your organization currently has STU-II (KY-71) equipment, assume
the STU-III will replace it. It should also be assumed that the
STU-III will replace all existing telephone desksets over which
unclassified National Security Related (NSR) information is passed.
a. TYPE I(Classified): CONUS PAC EUR OTHER TOTAL
Quantity -
Quantity -
Quantity -
b. TYPE II(Unclassified): CONUS PAC EUR OTHER TOTAL
Quantity -
(STU-III REQUIREMENTS SURVEY)
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8. Provide specific examples for the applicable categories of
unclassified National Security Related (NSR) information currently
discussed over unsecured telephones by your department/agency (See
NACAM 84/1, Attachment 6).
TYPE OF INFORMATION
a. Political/Diplomatic
b. Economic/Trade/Finance
c. Energy/Nuclear
d. Transportation
e. Telecommunications
f. Military
(STU-III REQUIREMENTS SURVEY)
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i. Proprietary and Privileged
(STU-III REQUIREMENTS SURVEY)
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RETURN ALL INFORMATION TO FSVS USER RELATIONS STAFF:
NSA
Future Secure Voice System Special Project Office
ATTN: V107,
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:
Commercial: [phone], 7897, 8255
(STU-III REQUIREMENTS SURVEY)
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DISTRIBUTION LIST
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
The Attorney General
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Director, Office of Management and Budget
Director of Central Intelligence
Administrator, General Services Administration
Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Manager, National Communications System
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Director, National Bureau of Standards
Director, U.S. Information Agency
Commander, White House Communications Agency
Comptroller General of the United States
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DISTRIBUTION:
Secretary of State
Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Secretary of Treasury
Department of Treasury
Fifteenth Street and
Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20220
Attorney General of
the United States
Department of Justice
Constitution Ave and
Tenth Street NW
Washington DC 20530
Secretary of Interior
Department of the Interior
C Street between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Fourteenth Street and
Independence SW
Washington, DC 20250
Secretary of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Fourteenth Street between
Constitution Ave. and E St., NW
Washington, DC 20230
Secretary of Labor
Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20210
Secretary of Health
and Human Services
Department of Health
. and Human Services
200 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20201
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Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development
Department of Housing
and Urban Development
451 Seventh St., SW
Washington, DC 20410
Secretary of Transportation
Department of Transportation
400 Seventh St., SW
Washington, DC 20590
Secretary of Energy
Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20585
Secretary of Education
Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20202
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20503
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Acting Administrator
General Services Administration
General Services Building
Eighteenth and F Sts., NW
Washington, DC 20405
Director
Federal Emergency Management Agency
500 C Street
Washington, DC 20472
Manager
National Communications System
18th and South Courthouse Road
Arlington, VA 22204
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Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
1919 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20554
Administrator
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
400 Maryland Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20546
Chairman
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
1717 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20555
Administrator
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20591
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, DC 20234
Director
United States Information Agency
400 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20547
Manager
White House Communications Agency
National Communications System
8th and Sourth Courthouse Road
Washington, DC 22204
Comptroller General
of the United States
General Accounting Office
411 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20548
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EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
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GC
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MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
SECRETARY OF LABOR
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY OF ENERGY
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
ADMINISTRATOR, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DIRECTORS OF DEFENSE AGENCIES
My memorandum of 16 September 1985 endorsed the rapid implementation of
the STU-III in order to achieve adequate security for our telephone communica-
tions in a timely fashion. A significant area of concern with respect to that
objective is the achievement of an orderly and efficient transition from the
current STU-II equipment to a homogeneous system based on the STU-III.
a. The National Manager for Telecommunications and Automated Informa-
tion Systems Security (Director, NSA) shall assign the highest priority for
STU-III implementation to the holders of the STU-II equipment. As soon as
parallelism between the STU-II and STU-III is achieved, the STU-II will be
removed from regular service.
b. Purchase
of
STU-III equipment for non-DoD holders of the STU-II
shall be capitalized
out
of the DoD Central Fund for STU-III acquisition,
which is administered
by
the National Manager. Pending the future development
and implementation of
a
comprehensive, government-wide funding mechanism which
addresses the national requirements for telecommunications and information
systems security, the Office of Management and Budget is requested to define a
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c. The National Manager shall arrange for the reallocation of the
STU-Ii equipment, with first consideration given to the possible sale of the
STU-II to selected Allies at an attractive price. Revenues derived from the
sale of the STU-II shall be returned to the DoD Central Fund and used for the
purchase of additional STU-III units for U.S. applications.
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NTISS
NATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
SECURITY
EXECUTIVE AGENT
16 SEP 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
SECRETARY OF LABOR
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY OF ENERGY
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
The lack of widely available secure telephone capability continues to be
a major deficiency in the national security posture of the United States.
Despite our past efforts, sensitive information of our Government and its opera-
tions remains available to both potential adversaries and the criminal element
due to our lack of telephone security. The development of the STU-III family
of low cost, user friendly secure telephones offers us the opportunity to achieve
adequate security for our telephone communications at a reasonable cost and
with minimum user impact. The STU-III, employing the most advanced technology,
will directly replace existing telephones and thus is essentially transparent
in operation to a normal telephone instrument.
Deliveries of STU-III secure telephones are expected to begin in 1987.
In order to implement the STU-III on a Government-wide basis as rapidly as
possible, each Department and Agency is requested to conduct an immediate,
comprehensive survey of their telephone security requirements, identifying all
areas where classified or sensitive information is handled. This survey is to
be completed and the results submitted to the National Manager for Telecommuni-
cations and Automated Information Systems Security, (Director, NSA) no later
than 30 November 1985. The National Manager will provide any additional
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guidance required by the departments and agencies in conducting their surveys.
Also, the National Manager will establish procedures for distribution of STU-III
assets on a prioritized basis proportional to the overall stated requirements
of each department and agency.
cc: ASD(C31)
NSC