Information Security Flashcards

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  1. What are the three levels of classification for national security information?
  2. What is derivative classification?
  3. Who can originally classify information?
  4. What is the SF-86?
  5. What are the three types of security clearances?
  6. How often must a Top Secret clearance be reinvestigated?
  7. What is the 'Need-to-Know' principle?
  8. What markings are required on a classified document?
  9. What does NOFORN mean?
  10. What is a Security Classification Guide (SCG)?
  11. What is a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF)?
  12. What are the requirements for an open storage area?
  13. What is the proper way to destroy classified documents?
  14. What should you do if you find classified material left unattended?
  15. What is a security incident?
  16. What is a classified information spillage?
  17. What are the courier responsibilities for hand-carrying classified material?
  18. What is the process for reporting foreign travel?
  19. What is Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)?
  20. What is the CUI marking format?
  21. What is the purpose of the Information Security Program?
  22. What is Executive Order 13526?
  23. What is the 25-year rule for declassification?
  24. What are Special Access Programs (SAPs)?
  25. What is the two-person integrity (TPI) rule?
  26. What is an end-of-day security check?
  27. What is the SF-701?
  28. What is the SF-702?
  29. What is the SF-703?
  30. What is the insider threat program?
  31. What are the indicators of a potential insider threat?
  32. What is the proper procedure for challenging a classification decision?
  33. What is a DD Form 254?
  34. What is the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)?
  35. What must you do if you are contacted by someone you suspect is a foreign intelligence agent?
  36. What is the penalty for unauthorized disclosure of classified information?
  37. What is Continuous Vetting (CV)?
  38. What are the four steps for derivative classification?
  39. What is the classification authority block and what must it contain?
  40. What is the purpose of a security briefing and debriefing?
  41. What is the SF-312?
  42. What is the prohibition on pre-publication review?

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