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Accession Number:

AD1157912

Title:

Industrial Security: DoD Cannot Provide Adequate Assurances That Its Oversight Ensures the Protection of Classified Information

Author(s):

• Schinasi, Katherine V.

Author Organization(s):

• United States General Accounting Office

Report Date:

2004-03-03

Abstract:

Department of Defense (DOD) contractors perform numerous services that require access to classified information. With access comes the possibility of compromise, particularly as foreign entities increasingly seek U.S. military technologies. To ensure the protection of classified information, the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) establishes requirements that contractors must meet. In administering the NISP for DOD and 24 other government agencies, DOD's Defense Security Service (DSS) monitors whether 11,000- plus contractor facilities' security programs meet NISP requirements. In response to a Senate report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, GAO assessed DSS's oversight and examined DSS's actions after possible compromises of classified information.

Document Type:

Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

34

File Size:

0.44MB

Contracts:

Grants:

Descriptors:

Identifiers:

• Classified defense information
• Facility security
• Information disclosure
• Information resources management
• Performance measures
• Security clearances
• Policies and procedures

SubjectCategory:

• Behavioral and Social Sciences

Communities of Interest:

• Human Systems

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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