Command Security Procedures If your command handles classified informa- tion, it prepares and keeps current written command security procedures. The procedures specify how the command is to accomplish the requirements  of  OPNAVINST  5510.1H. The command’s security procedures cover what will be done, who will do it, and who will supervise it. General statements, such as “Secret material will be accounted for using OPNAV- INST 5510.lH,” do not satisfy this requirement. The written procedures must be specific, based on the OPNAVINST 5510.1H requirements that apply to your command. Your command may not be involved with all phases of the Information and Personnel Security program. However, all commands share some elements in the security of classified information. They all follow security procedures in the accounting  and  control,  physical  security, reproduction, and destruction of classified materials. All take security measures in granting and recording access to classified materials and the control of visitors to classified areas. All ensure the proper classification, marking, down- grading,  and  declassification  of  classified materials. In addition, all must provide security education. Responsibility for Compliance The commanding officer is responsible for the effective management of the Department of the Navy  Information  and  Personnel  Security Program  within  the  command.  Every  person, military or civilian, in the Navy and Marine Corps is responsible for obeying the Department of the Navy Information and Personnel Security Pro- gram Regulation, OPNAVINST  5510.lH. Command Management Command security management, discussed in the following paragraphs, includes the following responsibilities: 1. Designating a security manager 2. Designating a Top Secret control officer if the command handles Top Secret informa- tion 3. Designating an ADP security officer (or Information Systems security officer) if the command is involved in processing data in an automated system 4. Preparing written command security proce- dures 5.  Preparing  an  emergency  plan  for  the protection of classified materials 6. Reviewing and inspecting the effectiveness of the program in subordinate commands Security Manager Each command in the Navy and Marine Corps eligible to receive classified information is required to designate a security manager. The command makes this appointment in writing. The security manager position may be assigned as a full-time, part-time, or collateral duty. The person designated is an officer or a civilian employee,  GS-11  or  above,  with  sufficient authority  and  staff  to  manage  the  command program. The security manager is a U.S. citizen and has a satisfactory background investigation (BI). The rank and grade requirements are firm. Designation  of  enlisted  personnel  or  civilians below the grade of GS-11 is not allowed unless a waiver is granted. Waiver of the rank and grade requirements  is  rarely  granted.  Requests  for waiver of the BI requirements, pending completion of the investigation, are usually granted. Commands must designate and identify the security manager by name to all members of the command. The security manager’s name should appear on organization charts, telephone listings, rosters, and so forth. Where the security manager appears on the organization chart depends on the  command  organization.  In  the  shipboard organization recommended in the  Standard Organization and Regulations of the U.S. Navy, the security manager is the executive officer’s assistant. The security manager is responsible to the commanding officer on matters of security but reports to the executive officer for the administra- tion of the Information and Personnel Security Program. A clear-cut organization is extremely important for a collateral duty security manager. The effectiveness of command management of the program depends on the importance the commanding officer gives it. One area of concern in  security  management  is  security  manager tenure. Without a formal training program for security  managers,    on-the-job  training  must suffice. For a security manager to develop a high degree of expertise takes time. 9-3