id: "PS-06(02)" title: "Classified Information Requiring Special Protection" family: "PS" family_name: "Personnel Security" sort_id: "ps-06.02" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "PS-06" enhancement: True
Statement
Verify that access to classified information requiring special protection is granted only to individuals who:
Have a valid access authorization that is demonstrated by assigned official government duties;
Satisfy associated personnel security criteria; and
Have read, understood, and signed a nondisclosure agreement.
Guidance
Classified information that requires special protection includes collateral information, Special Access Program (SAP) information, and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). Personnel security criteria reflect applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines.
Assessment Objective: access to classified information requiring special protection is granted only to individuals who have a valid access authorization that is demonstrated by assigned official government duties;
Assessment Objective: access to classified information requiring special protection is granted only to individuals who satisfy associated personnel security criteria;
Assessment Objective: access to classified information requiring special protection is granted only to individuals who have read, understood, and signed a non-disclosure agreement.
Personnel security policy
procedures addressing access agreements for organizational information and systems
access agreements
access authorizations
personnel security criteria
signed non-disclosure agreements
system security plan
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with personnel security responsibilities
organizational personnel who have signed non-disclosure agreements
organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
Organizational processes for access to classified information requiring special protection