Unauthorized Disclosure For DoD And
Industry SPeD – Questions & Answers
unauthorized disclosure is ✔️Ans - the communication or physical
transfer of classified or controlled unclassified information to an
unauthorized recipient
authorized recipients must meet three requirements to access classified
information. ✔️Ans - First, they must have a favorable determination of
eligibility at the proper level for access to classified information.
Second, they must have a "need-to-know" for access to classified
information.
Third, they must have signed an SF-312, Classified Information
Nondisclosure Agreement (NDA), before accessing classified information
Unauthorized disclosure of classified information is ✔️Ans - a type of
security incident that can be characterized as an infraction or violation
depending on the seriousness of the incident
Unauthorized disclosure of classified information can happen in various
ways such as ✔️Ans - disclosed either intentionally or accidentally and
can occur through leaks, spills, espionage, or not following proper
safeguarding procedures
Leaks ✔️Ans - are deliberate disclosures of classified information to
the media.
Spills ✔️Ans - are considered and handled as a possible compromise of
classified information involving information systems, networks, and
computer equipment until it is determined whether an unauthorized
disclosure occurred.
The most common ways that spills happen are ✔️Ans - through email
and Internet postings.
posting unclassified defense and U.S. Government information data
elements to publicly accessible Internet sites can jeopardize ✔️Ans -
, militarily-relevant data because when compiled together the information
could become classified, which is known as a classified compilation.
Espionage includes activities designed to ✔️Ans - obtain, deliver,
communicate, or transmit information relating to the national defense with
the intent or reason to believe such information will be used to harm the
United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation or transnational entity.
Even though classified information appears in the public domain, such as in
a newspaper or on the Internet, it is still ✔️Ans - classified until an
official declassification decision is made.
Cleared personnel are legally bound not ✔️Ans - to view or share
classified information in the public domain and may be subject to sanctions
if they seek out such information, acknowledge its accuracy or existence, or
disseminate the information in any way.
If a cleared employee does view the information online, then it must be
✔️Ans - reported as a data spill, and the spill must be isolated and
contained on the computer used to view it.
Two other common misconceptions about unauthorized disclosure of
classified information are that cleared employees can receive protection
under ✔️Ans - the Presidential Policy Directive 19 (PPD-19), Protecting
Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information or under the First
Amendment. PPD-19 protects employees from direct retaliation for acts of
reporting waste, fraud and abuse through proper channels.
Through unauthorized disclosure of classified information, our military
and even civilian citizens suffer ✔️Ans - loss of life, our government
and industry face financial costs, the public's confidence and trust in our
government is eroded, and we all risk losing our way of life.
The unauthorized disclosure of Confidential information could reasonably
✔️Ans - be expected to cause damage to national security
The unauthorized disclosure of Secret information could reasonably
✔️Ans - be expected to cause serious damage to national security.
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