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Basic Military Requirements (BMR) Revised Edition
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Just because you have a clearance doesn’t automatically mean you have access to classified information. Having a clearance means you may be granted access if your duties require access to the information. This is called the need to know. Security  clearances  and  access  to  classified information are based on a need to know. Only Sailors who have a real need to know are cleared for access to the appropriate classified material. The command that has the classified material determines who has the need to know. If you’re cleared to work with classified material, censor  what  you  say  by  keeping  what  you  know  to yourself.  The  following  guidelines  will  help  you safeguard classified material: Never reveal (talk about) classified information just to show your shipmates how smart you are or to act important. If they don’t need to know the information  to  carry  out  their  duties,  don’t  tell them. Don’t  talk  about  classified  information  to unauthorized persons, including family, friends, shipmates,  and  especially  strangers.  Classified information  can  be  unintentionally  revealed  to unauthorized persons in many ways. Interest in your own job is natural and desirable, but  it  must  not  lead  you  to  reveal  classified information to unauthorized persons. Never add to a news story that’s incomplete, no matter how much you may know. If you do, you may make public what the Navy has tried to keep secret. The SECNAV has designated the Department of the Navy Central Adjudication Facility (DON CAF) as the single clearance granting authority for the Department of  the  Navy.  The  DON  CAF  issues  final  security clearances  for  civilian  and  military  personnel  at  the request  of  DON  commands  and  activities  once  it  has determined  that  granting  the  clearance  is  clearly consistent with the interests of national security. Once issued, a security clearance remains valid provided the Sailor  continues  compliance  with  personnel  security standards  and  has  no  subsequent  break  in  service exceeding 24 months. SECURITY AREAS Classified  information  is  always  protected  at  the level of control appropriate with its assigned security classification  level.  This  policy  encompasses  all classified information, regardless of media. Personnel  who  work  with  classified  information, work  with  it  only  in  a  secure  facility.  They  use  an accredited automated information system (AIS) under conditions  that  prevent  unauthorized  persons  from gaining  access  to  the  material.  If  you  have  classified material  in  your  possession,  you  are  responsible  for protecting that information. Lock classified material in an  appropriate  security  container  or  facility  when you’re not using it or when it’s not under your direct control. If  you  work  with  classified  material,  you  must follow procedures so unauthorized persons do not gain access  to  the  classified  information.  In  a  facility  that contains  classified  material,  access  is  restricted  and movement is controlled so personnel without a need to know  do  not  have  access  to  classified  material.  All personnel  must  comply  with  the  need-to-know policy. If  you  are  using  classified  material,  you  can’t remove  it  from  the  designated  office  or  working  area except to perform official duties and under conditions providing  the  protection  required  by  SECNAVINST 5510.36. Don’t discuss classified material with any person that doesn’t have a need to know. STORING CLASSIFIED MATERIAL The  General  Service  Agency  (GSA)  sets  and publishes  minimum  standards,  specifications,  and supply schedules for containers, vault doors, modular vaults, alarm systems, and associated security devices suitable  for  the  storage  and  destruction  of  classified information. When  classified  information  isn’t  under  the personal control or observation of a cleared person, it’s guarded or stored in a locked GSA-approved security container or vault, modular vault, or secure room. For 22-4 Student Notes:







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