Annual Security Refresher Briefing

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• Annual Security Refresher Briefing

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General Information

• Edmonds Enterprises Services (EES) and Logistics
  Applications Inc. (LAI) as Defense Contractors
  are required by the Defense Security Service
  (DSS), in accordance with our Security Agreement,
  to give security briefings to all personnel
  before allowing them access to classified
  information.

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General Information cont

• The goal of this briefing is to keep you informed
  of any changes to security procedures which have
  occurred in the past year and to meet the
  security education requirements imposed by the
  Defense Security Service.
• The information contained in this briefing is
  intended to serve as a reference tool for all
  employees..

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SF-312, Non-Disclosure Agreement

• Following your initial DoD Indoctrination, you
  signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement, or NdA. The
  NdA is a lifelong contract between you and the
  U.S. Government. By signing the NdA you agreed
  to
• Keep secret all classified material to which
  you have had access.
• An agreement to abide by the pre-publication
  review procedure.

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Overview Of Security Classification System

• As outlined by the new Executive Order 12958,
  classified information is official government
  information that has been determined to require
  protection in the interest of national security.
  
• Classified information exists in many forms. It
  may be a piece of hardware, a photograph, a film,
  recording tapes, notes, a drawing, a document or
  spoken words. Material is classified by the
  originator and comes in industry via security
  classification guides. The degree of
  safeguarding required depends on the
  information's classification category.
• Three levels have been established based on the
  criticality of the information or material to
  national interests.

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Security Classification System

• CONFIDENTIAL Information or material whose
  unauthorized disclosure could be expected to
  cause damage to the national security.

SECRET Information or material whose
unauthorized disclosure could be expected to
cause serious damage to the national security.
TOP SECRET Information or material whose
unauthorized disclosure could be expected to
cause exceptionally grave damage to the national
security.
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Sensitive Material

• Employees are reminded that the protection of
  Proprietary and Sensitive materials are of the
  utmost importance. This data may only be
  disclosed to other EES and LAI employees who are
  directly involved with the subject matter, on a
  need-to-know basis, or if the disclosure serves
  some business purpose.

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Need to Know

• The need-to-know principle is the most important
  concept one needs to practice at all times when
  working with classified material. Some important
  points to remember about this principle are
• Always confirm need-to-know prior to discussing
  classified information.
• Each individual, regardless of rank, position, or
  amount of clearances/accesses, only has a
  need-to-know for information pertinent to the
  performance of their specific task/project.
• Need-to-know is not the same as want-to-know.

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Never divulge classified information to anyone
unless

• You have officially verified that the recipient
  has been properly authorized by the U.S.
  Government to receive it
• You have been given prior written notice of
  authorization from the U.S. Government,
  Department or Agency responsible for the
  classification of the information.
• If you are uncertain about the classification
  status of information, confirm with an authorized
  official that the information is unclassified
  before disclosure.

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Threat Awareness andDefensive Security

• Be wary of glad-handing strangers who make an
  intensive effort at forming a friendship, and
  then slowly but surely begin to use that
  friendship to learn where one works, the nature
  of one's assignment, and with whom one works. A
  generous and inquisitive stranger could very well
  be the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing.
  Also, be wary of strangers who ask for
  information not related to their professed area
  of interest or do not seem to be particularly
  knowledgeable in their field.

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Threat Awareness and Defensive Security

• The operative of a foreign intelligence service
  need not be a foreigner. A neighbor might be a
  foreign diplomat or a fellow American who has
  been recruited as an agent by a hostile service.
  If someone begins to inquire into aspects of your
  knowledge or activity which are classified or
  otherwise private, you certainly should stop to
  consider whether the inquiry is normal innocent
  curiosity, or whether it might be the beginning
  of an attempt to secure intelligence information
  for the benefit of another country.

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Threat Awareness and Defensive Security

• Unclassified material may be just as valuable to
  a foreign intelligence service as classified
  material. A small bit of information could
  represent a very important piece in a much larger
  puzzle. Therefore, all data should be protected
  from the probing hands of foreign agents.

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Security and the Internet

• Cleared employees are reminded that using the
  Internet to discuss any information resulting
  from work on a classified program is STRICTLY
  PROHIBITED.
• The NdA that was signed at the conclusion of your
  indoctrination prohibits you from discussing
  and/or publishing any information related to a
  classified program - and writing anything on the
  Internet can be considered publishing. You may
  read something on the Internet that is related to
  a program you have worked on, but you are NEITHER
  TO CONFIRM NOR DENY the validity of any of the
  information you read.

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Employee Reporting Obligations And Requirements
The National Industrial Security Program (NISP)
is based to a large extent on individual trust
and responsibility, and employee reporting
requirements are a critical element in the
program. Employee reporting requirements are
designed to protect the employee and to counter
any possible foreign intelligence threat. It is
the employee's personal responsibility to
understand and report the following conditions to
the security office as circumstances warrant.
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Employee Reporting Obligations and Requirements
Suspicious Contacts - Any efforts, by an
individual, regardless of nationality, to obtain
illegal or unauthorized access to classified or
sensitive unclassified information - Any
efforts, by an individual, regardless of
nationality, to compromise a cleared employee -
Any contact by a cleared employee with a known or
suspected intelligence officer from any
country - Any contact that suggests an employee
may be the target of an attempted exploitation by
the intelligence services of another country.
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Employee Reporting Obligations and Requirements

• Adverse Information Regarding Other Cleared
  Employees
• - Arrest for any serious violation of the law
• - Excessive use of alcohol or abuse of
  prescription drugs
• - Any use of illegal drugs
• - Bizarre or notoriously disgraceful conduct
• - Sudden unexplained affluence
• - Treatment of mental or emotional disorders.
• Loss or Compromise
• Loss or suspected compromise of classified
  information, foreign or domestic.
• Violations may include misplacing, losing,
  improperly storing, improperly transmitting, and
  leaving classified material unattended.

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Employee Reporting Obligations and Requirements
Changes in Personal Status - Change in name -
Termination of employment - Change in marital
status - Change in citizenship - Possibility
of future access to classified information has
been reasonably foreclosed - New status as a
Representative of a Foreign Interest (RFI) -
Change in RFI status.
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Employee Reporting Obligations And Requirements

• Other Reporting Requirements
• - Acts of sabotage or possible sabotage
• - Espionage or attempted espionage
• - Subversive or suspicious activity
• - Attempts to solicit classified information
• - Unauthorized personal on company property
• - Citizenship by naturalization
• - Unwillingness to work on classified
  information
• - Disclosure of classified information to an
  unauthorized person
• - Any condition that would qualify as a security
  violation or which common sense would dictate as
  worth reporting.

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Remember!!

• Before an employee makes the decision to disclose
  classified information he/she must
• consider the formula "authorized person equals
  clearance level plus need-to-know' and
• advise the recipient of the classification
  level.

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A Final Word

• This Refresher Briefing serves as a general guide
  to assist you in recognizing classified materials
  as well as, your overall security
  responsibilities as a member of this
  organization.
• Specific programs may have additional regulations
  to follow. If you ever are in doubt as to how to
  work with a regulation or need some
  clarification, please remember to consult with
  the FSO.

Im not finished!!
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For additional information on Industrial Security

• Defense Security Service (DSS)
  website
• at www.dss.mil
• EES/LAI Facility Security
  Officer, Jerome
• Smith at 703.317.9800, ext 230
  or
• jsmith_at_logapp.com

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