SFPC Study Guide with Complete
Solutions
Purpose of DoD IS Program - Answer✔✔-Proper classification, protection, and downgrading of
official information that requires protection
Executive Order 10290 - Answer✔✔-1951: First program to protect classified
Executive Order 13526 - Answer✔✔-2009: Established National Declassification Center; Focuses
on greater openness
Information Security Oversight Office - Answer✔✔-Oversees and manages IS Program
National Security Council (Infosec) - Answer✔✔-Provides overall policy for IS Program
DoDI 5200.01 - Answer✔✔-Establishes basic DoD IS Policy
DoD 5200.01, Vol 1-4 - Answer✔✔-Guidance on classification management; requirements for
marking, handling, and protection of classified
In order to classify information it: - Answer✔✔--Must be owned, produced by, produced for, or
under strict control of the USG
-Determined that unauthorized disclosure could cause damage to National Security
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Marking and designating classified information is the responsibility of? - Answer✔✔-Original
and Derivative Classifiers
Top Secret if divulged - Answer✔✔-Exceptionally Grave Damage
Secret if divulged - Answer✔✔-Serious Damage
Confidential if divulged - Answer✔✔-Damage
Six Steps of Classification - Answer✔✔-1. If the info official gov't info?
2. Is the info eligible to be class?
3. Is there a potential for damage to nat'l security if unauthorized release occurs?
4. Assign a level of classification
5. Assign a duration of classification
6. Communicate the decision (SCG and marking source doc)
Security Classification Guide - Answer✔✔-- Provide derivative classification instructions
- Describe elements of info that must be protected
- Provide the level and duration of class
Derivative Classification - Answer✔✔-Not an authority, but an assumed responsibility
Two ways of declassification? - Answer✔✔-Downgrading and declassification
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