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Derivative Classification
This flashcard deck covers key concepts and responsibilities related to derivative classification, including classification processes, guidance, and security measures.
Derivative classification is:
The process of using existing classified information to create new documents or material and marking the new material consistent with the classification markings that apply to the source information.
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Derivative classification is:
The process of using existing classified information to create new documents or material and marking the new material consistent with the classificati...
A classified document is used as source material for a new document. What is this an example of?
Derivative classification
What is the importance of derivative classification?
Helps protect national security
Derivative classification does not have the same impact and effects as original classification.
False
All of the following are responsibilities of derivative classifiers EXCEPT:
Derivative classifiers must have original classification authority.
The first step in derivatively classifying a new document is to determine the classification level based on existing classification guidance.
True
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Derivative classification is: | The process of using existing classified information to create new documents or material and marking the new material consistent with the classification markings that apply to the source information. |
A classified document is used as source material for a new document. What is this an example of? | Derivative classification |
What is the importance of derivative classification? | Helps protect national security |
Derivative classification does not have the same impact and effects as original classification. | False |
All of the following are responsibilities of derivative classifiers EXCEPT: | Derivative classifiers must have original classification authority. |
The first step in derivatively classifying a new document is to determine the classification level based on existing classification guidance. | True |
One of Mark's colleagues gave him general rules about derivatively classifying information. Mark can rely on these general rules when he derivatively classifies information because his colleague is very experienced. | False |
If you find a conflict in guidance, or you are uncertain about how to classify the new content, you should first: | Ask your security manager or Facility Security Officer |
A Security Classification Guide (SCG) is: | A collection of precise, comprehensive guidance about specific program, system, operation, or weapon system elements of information to be classified. |
Information taken directly from an existing classified source and stated verbatim in a new or different document is an example of ____________ | Extracting |
Each of these are ways of incorporating classified source material into new material EXCEPT: | Planning |
Select ALL the correct responses. The concept of 'contained in' includes which of the following? | * No additional interpretation or analysis is needed to determine the classification of the information.
* Classified information comes from an authorized source into a new document. |
The source document states:
(S) The range of the weapon is 70 miles.
The new document states:
(S) The weapon may successfully be deployed at a range of 70 miles.
Which concept was used to determine the derivative classification of the new document? | Contained in |
The derivative classification concept of 'Contained in' applies to all of the following EXCEPT: | When the information must be deduced as classified by some level of analysis. |
Which of the following statements applies to the classification concept of 'Revealed by'? | Needs additional interpretation or analysis to deduce the classification. |
Your new material may aggregate, or bring together, pieces of information that are not individually classified, but when presented together they render your new material classified. This classification concept is called ____________. | Classification by Compilation |
A properly marked source document contains some Secret information. A new document does not contain the same information. However, the information in the new document will allow a reader to deduce the classified information. This is an example of the concept of ____________ | Revealed by |
Which of the following is a valid reason to classify information? | To protect national security |
Information should remain permanently classified once it is classified, even if it no longer meets the criteria for classification. | False |
You may be subject to criminal sanctions, such as incarceration, if you engage in the unauthorized disclosure of information. | True |
Mark reveals a small piece of classified information regarding a project he's working on during conversation with a friend. He will not be subject to sanctions, as it was only a small piece of information and he knows the person he gave the information to. | False |
You formally challenge the classification of information and the classifying agency provides a partial response. What is your responsibility if the classifying agency does not provide a full response within 120 days? | Forward the challenge to the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP). |
The properly marked source document states:
(C) The training exercise BLUE EAGLE will commence at 0600 on 10 October.
(S) Adams, Leighty, and Shaw will participate in the training exercise BLUE EAGLE.
The Security Classification Guide (SCG) states:
The name of the training exercise is Unclassified.
The date of the training exercise is Confidential.
Participants in the training exercise are Secret.
The new document states:
( ) Shaw will be unavailable on 10 October due to participation in the training exercise BLUE EAGLE.
What is the classification of the statement in the new document? | Secret |
The properly marked source document states:
(U) The name of the exercise is BLUE EAGLE.
The new document states:
( ) The exercise is referred to as BLUE EAGLE.
What is the classification of the statement in the new document? | Unclassified |
The properly marked source document states:
(S) There will be 80,000 troops deployed to Ilkeborg.
The new document states:
(S) Forty-thousand troops will approach Ilkeborg from the west, and another 40,000 will approach from the east.
What concept is used to derivatively classify the statement in the new document? | Revealed by |