(SANITIZED) PROTECTION OF REMOVABLE MAGNETIC MEDIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B01356R000100140003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 14, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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Proposed Protecting Remo le Magnetic Media
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OFFICER'S
COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
RECEIVED
FORWARDED
INITIALS
to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.)
EXA/DDA
The attached notice, initiated by
the Office of Security (OS), is
2,
forwarded for approval. It
informs employees of Agency policy
concerning the protection of
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removable magnetic media.
The proposal was circulated to the
4,
following for information and
comment: EXDIR, DDI, DDO, DDS&T,
General Counsel, Inspector
5.
General, Comptroller, and all
DDA Registry
component offices of the DA. All
coordinator comments (with the
6.
exception of the Comptroller's
concerns which are addressed in
the attached memorandum to the DDA
7.
from the Director of Security)
RPD
have been incorporated.
1112 Ames Building
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We have obtained the legal
concurrence of the Office of
General Counsel and consider
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further coordination unnecessary.
OS would like to have the attached
10.
policy approved prior to a
briefing of ADP control officers,
support and area security
11.
officers, and systems
administrators scheduled for
15 December 1987; therefore,
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IMMEDIATE handling of this
proposal is requested.
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IMMEDIATE
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
Director of Security
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SUBJECT: Proposed Headquarters Notice, Protection of
Removable Magnetic Media
1. Action Requested: This memorandum contains a
recommendation that you sign the attached Headquarters Notice
pertaining to the protection of removable magnetic media. In
addition, a decision on your part as to the storage requirement
for unclassified removable magnetic media is also requested.
2. Background: The control and accountability of
removable magnetic media presents the Agency managers with an
extremely complex problem. The proposed HN, as part of an
initial phase to develop a cost effective and workable
solution, has been fully coordinated with all members of the
Information Security Policy Panel (ISPP) and the Office of
General Counsel.
However, the Deputy Comptroller does not concur with
paragraph 2.e. which requires all unclassified removable
magnetic media to be secured, at a minimum, under lock and
key. The additional protection placed on unclassified
information stored on removable magnetic media which is not
afforded the same information printed on paper is considered by
the Deputy Comptroller as undue protection and not necessary.
3. The Office of Security and the Information Security
Policy Panel maintain that additional protection is necessary
for unclassified removable magnetic media. The classification
of information stored on magnetic media cannot be readily
determined as information printed on paper. We can only rely
on user discipline to keep unclassified media from becoming
contaminated with classified data.
4. Recommendation: It is recommended that you sign the
proposed HN and approve the requirement in paragraph 2.e. for
protecting all unclassified removable magnetic media by
securing, at a minimum, under lock and key.
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