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DoD Instruction 2040.02, International Transfers of Technology, Articles, and Services,
requires that the Department of Defense (DoD) treat dual-use and defense-related technology as valuable national security resources, to be protected and transferred only in pursuit of national security and foreign policy objectives. These objectives include ensuring that: critical U.S. military technological advantages are preserved; transfers that could prove detrimental to U.S. security interests are controlled and limited; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery are prevented; and diversion of defense-related goods to terrorists is prevented. At the same time, the sharing of defense technology, properly controlled, is a valuable way to ensure our allies and partners participate with the United States in future military operations. In applying export control and technology security policies, due recognition will be given to the importance of interoperability with allies and coalition partners and to impacts on the defense industrial base. DoD will apply export control and other technology security policies and procedures in a way that balances economic and scientific interests with those of national security. It is important that these considerations be taken into account prior to any commitment to disclose or release controlled defense-related information or technology. Table C3.T1. provides definitions for categories of controlled defense-related information and technology discussed in this chapter.
Table C3.T1. Classified and Sensitive Material Definitions
| Title |
Definition |
Reference |
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Classified Information
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Official information that has been determined, pursuant to
Executive Order (E.O.) 12356
or any predecessor order, to require protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interest of national security and which has been so designated.
|
DoD 5220.22-M DTM-09-019
|
|
Communications Security (COMSEC)
|
Protective measures taken to deny unauthorized persons information derived from telecommunications of the U.S. Government (USG) relating to national security and to ensure the authenticity of such communications.
|
DoD 5220.22-M DTM-09-019
|
|
Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI)
|
A secure telecommunications or information handling equipment ancillary device, or associated cryptographic component, that is unclassified but controlled. (Equipments and components so designated bear the designator “Controlled Cryptographic Item” or “CCI”).
|
DoDM 5200.01 Vol.1. DTM-04-009
|
|
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
|
Information that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls pursuant to and consistent with law, regulations, and Government-wide policies, excluding information that is classified under
E.O. 13526 of December 29, 2009,
or the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. (P.L. 83-703)
|
E.O. 13556
|
|
Critical Program Information (CPI)
|
Elements or components of a Research Development, and Acquisition program that, if compromised, could cause significant degradation in mission effectiveness; shorten the expected combat-effective life of the system; reduce technological advantage; significantly alter program direction; or enable an adversary to defeat, counter, copy, or reverse engineer the technology or capability.
|
DODI 5200.39
|
|
Foreign Government Information (FGI)
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Information that is:
Provided to the United States by a foreign government or governments, an international organization of governments, or any element thereof with the expectation, expressed or implied, that the information, the source of the information, or both, are to be held in confidence; or
Produced by the United States pursuant to, or as a result of, a joint arrangement with a foreign government or governments, an international organization of governments, or any element thereof, requiring that the information, the arrangement, or both are to be held in confidence.
|
DoD 5220.22-M DTM-09-019
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