DoD INFORMATION SECURITY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

Executive Order 13526 establishes uniform information security requirements for the Executive Branch. TRUE Purpose of the DOD Information Program Proper classification, protection, and downgrading of official information that requires protection. Declassification of information no longer requiring protection. A uniform program to govern the classification of information is vital to our national security TRUE First Information Security Executive Order 8381 The modern-day Information Security Program has been evolving since The 1950's and is based on a series of presidential executive orders and presidential decision directives. Current Executive Order for Information Security Executive Order 13526, was issued in 2009 . The time had come to revitalize the protection requirements of our classified information. Provides overall policy for information security program NSC Oversees and manages information security program ISOO Annual Report to the President SF-311 through USDI to ISOO DoD Information Security Program DoDI 5200.01 Downgrading Assigning a lower classification level to classified information because the information requires less protection in the interest of national security Declassification Changing the status of information from classified to unclassified because the information no longer requires protection in the interest of national security Declassification systems Scheduled, Automatic, Mandatory and Systematic Scheduled declassification Occurs when the instructions assigned by the OCA are followed to declassify it. Instructions consist of either a: date or event. Automatic declassification Occurs through system set up by E.O. 13526. Applies to classified records that have been determined to have permanent historical value under title 44 of the united states code. On December 31 of the year that is 25 years from the date of original classification. Nine categories of information can be protected longer than 25 years.