| It is a DARPA policy requirement to
develop, implement and maintain a Security Program which is consistent with the DARPA
Mission, Public Law, National Policy, applicable Executive Orders, and Department of
Defense Directives and Regulations. |
Mission The Security and Intelligence Directorate (SID) develops, manages, and implements programs that facilitate the secure and successful accomplishment of DARPA's mission, while protecting DARPA personnel, information, and property.
Vision To provide exceptional mission enabling security, intelligence, international, and emergency management services and capabilities by delivering innovative risk managed solutions to maximize effective mission accomplishment.
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Objectives
- Provide rational, threat appropriate, and cost effective security services
- Use a common sense approach to security
- Establish credible security policy and procedures
- Represent DARPA interests in National Security Forums
Goals
- Protect - DARPA personnel, information, and property
- Deliver - responsive, relevant, agile, creative and balanced security services and capabilities
- Enable - the safe and secure execution of DARPA's mission through innovation and risk managed solutions
- Evaluate - security services and capabilities to ensure relevancy to the mission
- Build - coalitions internal and external to the agency to strengthen SID's support to the DARPA mission
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| Personnel
Security |
Process by which all cleared personnel meet
and maintain the US Government standards of loyalty, suitability, reliability, and
trustworthiness. |
| Physical
Security |
Protection of personnel, property, and
assets. |
| Security
Education, Training and Awareness |
Provide knowledge, skills, motivation and
awareness to accomplish DARPA's security responsibilities. |
| Information
Security |
Defined as
the system of policies, procedures, and requirements established under the
authority of Executive Order 12958 (Classified National Security
Information) to protect information that, if subjected to unauthorized
disclosure, could reasonably be expected to cause damage to the national
security. |
| Information
Assurance |
Protection resulting from all measures to
deny unauthorized access and exploitation of friendly computer systems. |
| Industrial
Security |
Defined as that portion of information security which
is concerned with the protection of classified and controlled unclassified
information in the hands of U.S. industry. |
| Communication
Security (COMSEC) |
Protection of
Voice and Data telecommunication when dealing with classified or
unclassified sensitive information. |
| Program
Security |
Protection of
enhanced security support above that normally provided through each of
the various DoD security disciplines. |
| Automated
Information Security (AIS) |
All security
safeguards needed to provide an acceptable level of protection of
automated information systems and the data processed. |
| International
Security |
Protection of
classified military information (CMI) and controlled unclassified
military information (CUMI) from inadvertent disclosure to foreign
persons, foreign governments and international organizations. |
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| Last Updated: March 19, 2010 |
