BASIC POLICY The Information and Personnel Security Pro- gram protects national security in two basic areas. First, it monitors security in the appointment or retention of Department of the Navy civilian employees. Second, it oversees security in the acceptance or retention of Navy or Marine Corps personnel. The program also ensures the national security when personnel are granted access to classified information or are assigned to other sensitive duties. Access to classified information is granted on a strict, need-to-know basis. Authority The  Secretary  of  the  Navy  is  responsible for setting up and maintaining an Information Security  Program  and  a  Personnel  Security Program. The Secretary of the Navy has made the Chief of Naval Operations responsible for information and personnel security. The Special Assistant for Naval Security and Investigative Matters who carries the Chief of Naval Operation (CNO) staff code OP-09N ensures the effective- ness of the security program. OP-09N also serves as the Commander, Naval Security and In- vestigative Command (COMNAVSECINVCOM). COMNAVSECINVCOM devises information and personnel security policies and procedures based on directives from higher authority and issues  directives  for  the  program.  Under  the Director of Naval Intelligence, CNO (OP-092), the Commander, Naval Intelligence Command, administers the sensitive compartmented informa- tion (SCI) system for the Navy. The Department of the Navy Information and Personnel Security Program Regulation,  OP- NAVINST  5510.1H,  contains  COMNAVSEC- INVCOM guidelines. Those guidelines serve as the minimum requirements for management of the program. Commanding officers may impose more stringent requirements within their own commands.  However,  they  may  not  establish requirements that are contradictory to OPNAV- INST 5510.1H. Program Management The National Security Council (NSC) provides overall  policy  guidance  on  information  and personnel  security.  The  Director,  Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), has respon- sibility for setting up and monitoring the security program for classified information. The ISOO may request information or materials from the Department of the Navy when an organization needs that information to perform its functions. The Office of Personnel Management prescribes the requirements (including investigations) for civilian government employment. The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) serves as the chairman of the National Foreign Intelligence Board. As chairman, the DCI issues instructions  affecting  intelligence  policies  and activities.  These  instructions  are  based  on Director of Central Intelligence directives (DCIDs) or  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  policy statements. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the chief internal security agency of the federal government. It has jurisdiction over more than 170 different investigative matters, which include espionage, sabotage, treason, and other subversive activities. The Naval Investigative Service is the Department of the Navy’s sole liaison with the FBI on internal security matters. The CNO office (OP-09N) serves as the liaison about information and personnel security matters between the Department of the Navy and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The CNO office  also  serves  as  the  liaison  between  the Department of the Navy and other components of the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The following is a list of organizations with which OP-09N has a close security relationship: Headquarters, Marine Corps, Naval Military Personnel Command and Naval Civilian Per- sonnel Command in their responsibilities for administering personnel security Naval Intelligence Command (NIC-04) in its responsibility  for  the  management  of  the sensitive compartmented information (SCI) Naval Security Group Command in its respon- sibility for the security and administration of SCI programs The Commander, Naval Security and Investi- gative  Command  (COMNAVSECINVCOM),  is responsible for the Department of the Navy’s in- vestigative,  law  enforcement,  counterintelligence, and  physical  security  policies  and  programs. (However, COMNAVSECINVCOM  is  not responsible for the physical protection of classified materials.  )  The  Naval  Investigative  Service supports COMNAVSECINVCOM in these responsibilities. 9-2