SECURITY STANDARDS TASK FORCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00551R001000520070-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2013
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: June 9, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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ICS 0860-88
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MEMORANDUM FOR: H. F. Hutchinson, Jr.
Director, Security Evaluation Office
VIA:
FROM:
Director, Intelligence Community Staff
Deputy Director, Intelligence Community Staff%
Deputy Director for Requirements and Evaluation/
Intelligence Community Staff
Brigadier General Richard S. Beyea, Jr., USAF (Ret.)
Director, Community Counterintelligence and Security
Countermeasures Office, Intelligence Community Staff
SUBJECT: Security Standards Task Force
REFERENCE: H. F. Hutchinson memo to D/ICS, same subject, 6 June 1988
1. The referenced memorandum contained, inter alia, a request?from SE0
for ICS/CCISCMO assistance in developing data concerning the various security
standards applicable to personnel, physical, and technical security.
2. On 7 June 1988 a meeting was held to discuss SEO's request. Those
attending were:
Lieutenant General Edward J. Heinz, D/ICS
H. F. Hutchinson, D/SE0
Richard S. Be ea 0/CCISCMO/'ICS
D/CCISCMO/ICS
, EO/SEO
EO/ICS
The discussion examined the extent and scope of CCISCMO assistance to SEO.
Agreement was reached that will involve CCISCMO in collecting and reviewing
the standards used by each of the agencies responsible for aspects of overseas
diplomatic security, i.e., State, CIA, NSA, and DIA. Furthermore, CCISCMO
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SUBJECT: Security Standards Task Force
will secure from the agencies policy memoranda and regulations implementing
security standards overseas, as well as other relevant materials that may be
available.
3. CCISCMO will review the information generated from the above agencies
to identify significant issues that may be of interest to SEC. CCISCMO will
also draw, as necessary, distinctions between the various policies where
substantial inconsistencies or contradictions could have an impact on US
national security concerns of interest to SEO.
4. CCISCMO's assistance will not entail evaluation of the standards,
policies implementing them or the effectiveness of agencies in meeting
standards. Responsibility for evaluating standards, recommending new
standards, or changing existing standards, as well as evaluating the
effectiveness of agencies in meeting standards, are all within SEC's primary
responsibility. These functions are reserved to SEC) in the charge to
Secretary of State Shultz and DCI Webster contained in Lieutenant General
Colin Powell's letter of 22 October 1987.
5. CCISCMO anticipates completing its efforts in connection with the
requested assistance within the next 60 days. of our
staff will coordinate CCISCMO's efforts and
serve as the POC between CCISCMO and SEQ.
Richard S. Bey
Attachment:
D/SEO memo to D/ICS dtd 6 June 88
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-The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D.C. 20505
Security Evaluation Office
0 JUN 19BS
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Intelligence Community Staff
FROM: B. F. 'Hutchinson, Jr.
Director, Security Evaluation Office
SUBJECT: Security Standards Task Force
1. As you are aware, one of my most pressing concerns is to determine
what minimum standards have been set for all aspects of personnel, physical,
and technical security in overseas missions. I had envisioned utilizing
senior retirees, currently cleared, interested in working on a 120-day task
force to review these security standards. This task force would have been
supplemented by currently serving officers, senior or junior, who would work
on this endeavor with the annuitants. Despite the usual calls, parish visits
to NSA, CIA, FBI, State and DOD, and numerous interviews, I have been unable
to come up with sufficient numbers of qualified annuitants to forWa viable
task force. The pool of retiree talent has been hired by the Beltway Bandits
or is on contract to government agencies.
2. I have discussed this situation with the DCI and DDCI and pointed out
that my only option is to ask the IC Staff to help me with the project through
the committee and interagency group structures. They agreed to this course of
action. I therefore request your assistance. Could we ask the Director of
CCISCMO to task the agencies, committees and interagency groups to assemble
copies of the minimum standards established for all aspects of personnel,
physical, and technical security? Also, to assemble copies of the security
standards each agency applies to personnel, physical, and technical security
at overseas missions? Then the following questions would need to be addressed:
o Who is responsible for setting what kind of standards?
? Do statutes, executive orders, NSCIDs or DCIDs establish
responsibility for these standards?
? Do we have minimum Community or USG standards in the areas of
physical, technical, and personnel security for overseas missions?
o Compare agencies' implementing specific standards with Community
minimums.
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Overseas?
o Acquire copies of all extant standards and analyze differences of
currency and application.
o What is waiver policy, by agency?
3. I have informally discussed this problem with General Beyea. I look
forward to seeing you and Dick on 7 June at 3:00 p.m. at to discuss this
in detail.
H. F. 1utchinsofl, Jr.
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SUBJECT: Security Standards Task Force
CCISCMO/ICS
Distribution:
Original - Addressee
1 - D/ICS (via DD/ICS, DDR&E/ICS, and EO/ICS)
1 - ICS Registry
1 - CCISCMO subject
1 - D/CCISCMO chrono
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