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Document: DoD 5200.01 – DoD Information Security Program (all volumes) Released: February 24, 2012 The Black Vault Entry: https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/osd/ Canonical PDF: https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/osd/dod-5200-01-allvolumes.pdf This is the complete DoD Manual 5200.01, governing the DoD Information Security Program. The document is a rulebook behind DoD declassification itself, totaling ~3.0 MB. The document was released through The Black Vault, with no FOIA case number available. Manual NUMBER 5200.01, Volume 1, February 24, 2012, USD(I) SUBJECT: DoD Information Security Program: Overview, Classification, and Declassification. 1. PURPOSE a. Manual. This Manual is composed of several volumes, each containing its own purpose. The purpose of the overall Manual, as authorized by DoD Directive (DoDD) 5143.01 and DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5200.01, is to reissue DoD 5200.1-R as a DoD Manual to implement policy, assign responsibilities, and provide procedures for the designation, marking, protection, and dissemination of controlled unclassified information (CUI) and classified information. b. Volume. This Volume: (1) Describes the DoD Information Security Program. (2) Provides guidance for classification and declassification of DoD information that requires protection in the interest of the national security. (3) Cancels Reference (c) and DoD O-5200.1-I. (4) Incorporates and cancels Directive-Type Memorandums 04-010 and 11-004. 2. APPLICABILITY a. Applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense. b. Does NOT alter existing authorities and responsibilities of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) or of the heads of elements of the Intelligence Community. 3. DEFINITIONS. See Glossary. 4. POLICY. It is DoD policy, in accordance with Reference (b), to: a. Identify and protect national security information and CUI in accordance with national level policy issuances. b. Promote information sharing, facilitate judicious use of resources, and simplify management through implementation of uniform and standardized processes. c. Classify and declassify national security information as required by References (d) and (f). 5. RESPONSIBILITIES. See Enclosure 2. 6. PROCEDURES. See Enclosures 3 through 6. 7. INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS. The Annual Report on Classified Information has been assigned Report Control Symbol (RCS) DD-INT(AR)1418 in accordance with the procedures in DoD 8910.1-M. 8. RELEASABILITY. This Volume is approved for public release and is available on the Internet from the DoD Issuances Website at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Volume is effective upon its publication to the DoD Issuances Website. This…

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DoD 5200.01 – DoD Information Security Program (all volumes)

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01, governing the DoD Information Security Program. 0 MB. The document was released through The Black Vault, with no FOIA case number available. 01, Volume 1, February 24, 2012, USD(I) SUBJECT: DoD Information Security Program: Overview, Classification, and Declassification. 1.

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Document: DoD 5200.01 – DoD Information Security Program (all volumes) Released: February 24, 2012 The Black Vault Entry: https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/osd/ Canonical PDF: https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/osd/dod-5200-01-allvolumes.pdf This is the complete DoD Manual…

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What was DoD 5200.01 – DoD Information Security Program (all volumes) about?: 01, governing the DoD Information Security Program. 0 MB. The document was released through The Black Vault, with no FOIA case number available. 01, Volume 1, February 24, 2012, USD(I) SUBJECT: DoD Information Security Program: Overview, Classification, and Declassification. 1.
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