Security Awareness: Derivative Classification

Derivative Classification is: - Answer - The process of using existing classified information to create new material and marking the new material consistent with the classification markings that apply to the source information. The source document states: - Answer - Do some guess work here All of the following are responsibilities of derivative classifiers EXCEPT: - Answer - Derivative classifiers must have original classification authority. All of the following are ways to promote the sharing of information within the Federal Government, across state, local, and tribal governments, and with coalition partners, law enforcement, and the general public EXCEPT: - Answer - Automatically declassifying information that is shared. Select ALL of the correct responses. Information is prohibited from being classified for what reasons: - Answer - To conceal violations of law, inefficiencies, or errors. To restrain competition To prevent embarrassment. If the authorized sources do not provide sufficient guidance, you should: - Answer - Ask your security manager & FSO All of the following are steps in derivative classification EXCEPT: - Answer - Make recommendations for others to mark the document OR Making the initial determination.... You may be subject to administrative, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), or criminal sanctions if you engage in any of the following EXCEPT: - Answer - Submitting a formal challenge to information that may be improperly classified. When derivatively classifying information, where can you find a listing of specific information elements that identify their classification, reason for classification, downgrading, and declassification information? - Answer - Security Classification Guide (SCG) Your new material may aggregate, or bring together, pieces of information that are not individually classified, but when presented together they render your new material classified. This classification concept is called _______. - Answer - Classification by compilation