DoDM5200.01V1_AFMAN16-1404V1 — Information Security Program: Overview, Classification and Declassification

DoDM5200.01V1_AFMAN16-1404V1 governs DoD information security, including classification, declassification, CUI, and classified information.

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  • Publication number: DoDM5200.01V1_AFMAN16-1404V1
  • Title: Information Security Program: Overview, Classification and Declassification
  • Date: 2022-04-06

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The publication describes the DoD Information Security Program and provides guidance for designating, marking, protecting, and disseminating CUI and classified information. It requires compliance with its appendix to enclosure 6 and addresses SCI, SAP, classification challenges, public release, and foreign disclosure.

Topics covered

  • Information security program
  • Classification and declassification
  • Controlled unclassified information
  • Sensitive compartmented information
  • Special Access Programs
  • Public release
  • Foreign disclosure
  • Security classification guides

Questions and answers

What does DoDM5200.01V1_AFMAN16-1404V1 require for SCI?

(1) (Added)(DAF) SCI shall be safeguarded in accordance with paragraph 2.b., below. (T-0). (paragraph 1)

What guidance governs safeguarding SAP under DoDM5200.01V1_AFMAN16-1404V1?

(2) (Added)(DAF) SAP shall be safeguarded in accordance with DoDI 5205.11, Management, Administration, and Oversight of DoD Special Access Programs (SAPs), AFI 16-701, Management, Administration and Oversight of Special Access Programs (reference (br)), and other applicable guidance. (T-0). (paragraph 1)

Is compliance with the appendix to enclosure 6 mandatory?

Compliance with the appendix to enclosure 6, in this publication, is mandatory.

What happens when classification guidance is challenged?

If at any time, any of the security classification guidance contained herein is challenged, the items of information involved shall continue to be protected at the level prescribed by this guide until such time as a final decision is made on the challenge by appropriate authority. (paragraph 6)

Does showing information as unclassified allow automatic public release?

The fact that this guide shows certain details of information to be unclassified, or controlled unclassified information, does not allow for automatic public release of this information. (paragraph 6)

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