OUTLINE OF BRIEFING FOR DDA ON SECURITY COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY SECURITY GROUP

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• Publication Date: May 31, 1979
• Content Type: BRIEF

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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Security Committee -
3 1 MAY 1979
STATINTL
SUBJECT: Outline of Briefing for DDA on Security Committee
and Community Security Group
TIME: 1330 Hours Thursday, 31 May 1979
PLACE: DDA Conference Room
BY: Robert W. Gambino, Chairman, Security Committee
Chief, Community Security Group
DURATION: 30 Minute Presentation. Open ended question period.
Introduction -
Background - History of Security' Committee
1956 to 1979
Mission and DCID 1/11-Security Committee
Functions -
Establish security policies and procedures for
protection of intelligence from unauthorized
disclosures.
Formulate policies governing release to foreign
governments and release to public.
Ensure that investigations are conducted of
unauthorized disclosures.
Prevention of technical surveillance.
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Develop proposals for protection of compartmented
intelligence.
Ensure procedures for computer security.
Establish and direct security research program.
Composition - Members and Observers
Subcommittees and Working Groups; Staff
Relationships - NFIB, Information Handling Committee,
SIGINT Committee, COMIREX, DCI SA/CI, SCOCE
.Location - Administration
DCI - D/DCI/Community Support
Current Issues and Problems:
Leaks
APEX
Personnel Security
Security Education
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Physical Security
Services of common concern
Strengths and Weakness
Strengths - Single security focal point for DCI
Rapid communications
Capability for uniform action
Capacity for locating and coordinating security
resource commitments.
Weaknesses - Diverse goals of member agencies
Diverse levels of influence in member agencies
Lack'of dollar and personnel resources
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Projections and Priorities
Short Range - Leak investigations
APEX Implementation
Foreign Disclosure Policy development
Moscow Security
Long Range - Community Unification of Security
policies'and procedures
Greater uniformity in Community security
practices
More services of common concern
Impact on Community Security elements of
E.O. 12036, legislation
Communication/Computer security
Technical Surveillance Countermeasures
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DCI
D/DCI/Support
Security Committee
Subcommittees:
Computer Security
.Technical Surveillance Counter-
measures
Research and Development
Compartmentation
(Unauthorized Disclosure
Investigative)
Working Groups:
Security Awareness
SCI Denials
Investigative Standards
Security Advisory (USSR)
Physical Security Standards
Services of Common Concern*
Staff - Community Security Group
ORGANIZATION
D/DCI/CT
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STATINTL Members
Air Force - Col. H. Kamm
Army - MerrillT. Kelly
uv1; - ueui-ge PVelsz
FBI - David Ryan
Navy - Richard i ch
I I
a e - Karl Ackerman
STATINTL Treasury - Dennis Southern
Executive Secretary -
SECURITY COMP{IITTEE
Chairman - Robert W. Gambino
COMPOSITION
Observers
State INR - Donald Stigers
DEA - Cyril Frank
Commerce - William Randolph
Sec Def - Maynard Anderson
Community Security Group
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NATIONAL FOREIGN ' INTELLIGENCE BOARD
h1Er?1ORANDUM FOR THE NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT: DCI Security Committee
1.' At the 14 March 1978 meeting of the Board, I announced the
reassignment and subordination of the DCI Security Committee under the
Deputy to the DC1 for Support.
2. -The Community Security Group (CSG) is hereby established in
the office of the D/DCT for Support to serve as the focal point for.
Community Security affairs and to nrovirlp staff support to the DCI TAT
Security Committee. "s appointed Chief, Community
Security Group. He wi concurrently function as Executive Secretary of
the DCI Security Committee.
3. The Security Committee supported by the CSG will be responsible
for advising me on all matters of Community concern with respect to
security policy and management: The Security Comm ttee will continue to
function under the charter provisions of DCID 'No. 1/11 (effective l8 May 1976)_
The Community Security Group will subsume the compartmenta ti on security policy
responsibilities heretofore exercised. by the Special Security Center, CIA.
4. The nucleus of the Community Security Group is being formed by the
transfer of the positions until now associated with the Security Committee
staff from the Intelligence Community Staff. The positions associated with
compartmentation security policy functions in the Special Security Center, CIA
are also being transferred to the Community Security Group. In addition, I am
raking other positions available from the CIA to complete the organization.-
Nominations \:ill be invited in the near future from the NFIB agencies to fill
some of the positions in the Group on a rotational, reimbursable basis.
5. Effective immediately Plr_ Robert W. Gambino, Director of Security, CIA
is appointed Chairman of the DCI Security Committee-
6. Effective 10 April 1973 the Community Security Group will be temL}orarily
located in Room 3E 05
CIA Head
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quar
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sTANSFIELD TURNER
Chairman
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of MEMORANDUM FOR: Director Central Intellienc
FROM: John F. Blake
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: Sociirity-Committee..-Organization and
_-Staffing-. (C)
Sir:
1. (C) In anticipation of your 14 March 1978 appearance
before NFIB, let me present an outline of tentative planning
-regarding the..DCI Security Committee which you have already
determined will operate in the future under the cognizance of
the "Deputy to the DCI for Support." The preliminary think-
ing has been heavily influenced by two underlying convictions:
(1) with the dedication of adequate resources together with
proper commitment and application, much more can be accom-
plished in security on a Community level than-in the past;
and (2) while the Agency's Office of Security will contribute
heavily, in manpower and expertise, to the effort, the staff
support to the Security Committee should be concentrated. in
a.discretely separate entity reporting to the D/DCI/Support
-side of my:Office.
2. (C) It is -propo-se& that such- a unit-be organized as
the-!'Co - Securit Grou f CQSG) and be headed-by an Office
-of -Security supergrade- who- will also-- act as the - Executive,
Secretary of .the Security Committee. It is further proposed
that-CSG feature (as shown in attached chart) a-three-branch
breakdown with functions as indicated. A total -staffing
complement- of- nine-.. professional. officers is anticipated, seven
to be drawn from the,, Office;of Security and two coming from,
elsewhere-in the--Community to serve as Branch Chiefs, i.e.,
C/Facilities Security anch and C/Personnel and Industrial
Security Branch. (The two Branch Chiefs from the Community
should be at least GS-15 level officers or 0-6.) It is
assumed these two posts would be filled by calling for
nominations from the other Community agencies.
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3. (C) The role of the Director of?Security, CIA, is
recognized as vital in the overall plan. He would-act as
Chairman of the Security Committee. In his absence, the
SECOM meetings would be run by a Vice Chairman - the senior
ranking officer on the Committee. The Director of Security
will draw his staff support from the CSG to which he in turn
will provide technical guidance and professional advice.
Under this concept of a revitalized Security Committee, the
participating agencies will be expected to name their most
senior security officers their members. These officers will
-be expected to actively participate in SECOMI meetings and
activities.
4. (C) The Planning projects., perhaps. for the- first
-time, . a ..-truly concerted-, attack on?- policy -and implementation
.discrepancies- .between. the- agencies . irr all the major. security
-:dimensions. At the same time, the plan allows for the con-
tinuance, at least for a time, of the current subcommittee
structure of SECOM. This is predicated on the belief that
the Community Security Group can prod these subcommittees
to significantly greater accomplishments.
5. (C) Finally, establishment of the CSG frill, not
Giti It will involve transfer o the
four positions (GS-17, GS-16, GS-14, GS-09) currently con-
stituting the Security Committee Staff under the IC Staff
.from John Koehler's T/0 to mine. To these'I will add eight
positions- from--the current.DDA ceiling.
John F. Blake
Distribution:
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1 - DDCI
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Deputy Director for Deputy-t- DCI'.for
C/Comparti:}en.ted Security
Branch
?Compartmentation Policy
and Standards
?CIB - Oversight
?Unauthorized Disclosures
?Compartmer}tation
Subcommittee/SECOM -
Liaison
Director. of Security'
CIA
Chairman, Security
Committee
ChiefCommunity ;'Security,Gp''
(Executive:Secry,,SECOM} '
C/Facilities Security
Branch
;C/Personnel .E Industrial
Security: Branch
?Physical Security Policy and ?Personnel Security Policy and
Standards Standards
?Technical Security Policy and ?Industrial Security Policy and
Standards Standards
?Security RFD - Oversight
?Technical Surveillance Countermeasures
Subcommittee/SECOM - Liaison
?Computer Security Subcommittee/SECOM -
Liaison
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 1/1
SECURITY COMMITTEE R 50~~+t' ;~'
(Effective 18 May 1976)
Pursuant to Section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947, Executive Order 11905
and National Security Council Intelligence Directives, a Security Committee is hereby
established as a standing Director of Central Intelligence Committee with the
following mission and functions.
The mission of the committee is to provide the means by which the Director of
Central Intelligence, with the advice of National Foreign Intelligence Board
principals, can:
a. Ensure establishment of security policies and procedures including
recommendations for legislation for the protection of intelligence and
intelligence sources and methods2 from unauthorized disclosure.
b. Review and formulate personnel, physical and document security policies,
standards and practices and dissemination procedures applicable to all
organizations of the Executive Branch as such policies, standards, practices and
procedures relate to the protection of intelligence sources and methods in
consideration of the effectiveness, risks and cost factors involved.
c. Review and formulate policies and procedures governing the release of
intelligence to foreign governments and international organizations and the
review of classified intelligence proposed for release to the public through
declassification or other action. With respect to foreign disclosure, ensure that
releases are in consonance with US security policy, should result in net advantage
to the United States, and that the intelligence itself is accorded a degree of
protection equal to that afforded by the United States. With respect to public
release, ensure that disclosure or declassification actions are taken pursuant to
proper authority and that they are accomplished so as to minimize the risk to
intelligence sources and methods.
d. Ensure that appropriate lawful investigations are made of any
unauthorized disclosure or compromise of intelligence or of intelligence sources
and methods and that the results of such investigations, along with appropriate
recommendations, are provided to the Director of Central Intelligence.
'This directive supersedes DCID No. 1/11 effective 23 August 1974.
'The term intelligence as used in this document applies only to information covered by statute, Executive
Order, or other authority consonant with the statutory responsibilities of the Director of Central Intelligence
for foreign intelligence and for the protection of intelligence and intelligence sources and methods from
unauthorized disclosure.
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4. Composition, organization and rules of procedure
a. The composition, organization and rules of procedure of the Security
Committee are those stated in DCID 1/3,
b. The committee will be supported by permanent subcommittees for
technical surveillance countermeasures, computer security, special security
compartmentation and security research and development. The chairmen of
these subcommittees will be designated by the committee chairman with the
concurrence of the Director of Central Intelligence.
Attachments (4)
George Bush
Director of Central Intelligence
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DIRECTOR S REGISTRy
OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 1 /
TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE COUNTERMEASURES
The functions of the Security Committee include:
1. With respect to general technical surveillance countermeasures:
a. To facilitate the formulation, development and application of effective
countermeasures equipment and techniques based on assessments by the Central
Intelligence Agency and other knowledgeable organizations of the intelligence
Community of (1) the state of the art of audio surveillance equipment, and (2)
the known and estimated technical surveillance capabilities of foreign
governments.
b. To formulate and recommend to the Director of Central Intelligence
resource programming objectives for Intelligence Community organizations in
the field of technical surveillance countermeasures in consideration of current
and foreseen threats and with regard for the effective and efficient use of
resources.
c. To coordinate all aspects of the US Government effort in defense against
technical surveillance penetration and to resolve conflicts that may arise in
connection therewith.
d. To facilitate the interchange of information in the field of technical
surveillance countermeasures among Intelligence Community organizations and
others as appropriate, particularly by the preparation, publication and
dissemination of appropriate reports, notices and guides,
e. To recommend policies governing disclosures concerning technical
surveillance devices (except as otherwise provided for under NSCID No. 5), or
countermeasures thereto, to be made to foreign governments or international
organizations in which the US Government participates.
f. To advise Intelligence Community organizations of technical surveillance
countermeasures objectives and standards to be considered in connection with
existing or new facilities abroad.
g. To prepare damage assessments by furnishing reports of known or suspected
hostile audio surveillance penetrations of US facilities and recommending
remedial or other actions as appropriate.
h. To evaluate the curriculum de policy
guidance to, Ionducted
by CIA as a service o common concern for training Intelligence Community and
other US Government personnel in technical surveillance countermeasures.
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DCID No. 1/11
Attachment 2
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 1/11
(Attachment 2)
1. Review, formulate and recommend to the Director of Central Intelligence
policies, standards and procedures to protect intelligence data stored or processed by
computer.
2. Advise and assist the Director of Central Intelligence, Intelligence Community
organizations, DCI committees and other intelligence users with respect to all
computer security issues; and to resolve conflicts that may arise in connection
therewith.
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The Security Committee with respect to computer security shall: r? ~
e C. ,A f
3. Formulate and recommend to the Director of Central Intelligence resource
programming objectives for Intelligence Community organizations in the field of
computer security in consideration of current and foreseen vulnerabilities and threats
and with regard for the effective and efficient use of resources; to foster and to monitor
an aggressive program of computer security research and development in the
Intelligence Community in order to avoid unwarranted duplication and to assure the
pursuit of an effective effort at resolving technical problems associated with the
protection of computer operations.
4. Coordinate all aspects of Intelligence Community efforts in defense against
hostile penetration of Community computer systems and as feasible to support other
governmental efforts aimed.at improving computer security technology; to foster a
coordinated program of Intelligence Community computer security training and
indoctrination.
5. Facilitate within the Intelligence Community the exchange of information
relating to computer security threats, vulnerabilities and countermeasures by
providing a focal point for:
a. The evaluation of foreign intentions and capabilities to exploit Community
computer operations;
b. Central notification of hostile exploitation attempts;
c. The preparation of damage assessments of incidents of foreign exploitation
of intelligence computer operations; and
d. The development of policy recommendations to the Director of Central
Intelligence on the release of computer security information to foreign
governments and international organizations.
6. Review, formulate and recommend minimum computer security standards,
procedures and criteria as guidance for system design, evaluation and certification of
acceptable levels of security for computer systems.
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3. To furnish technical guidance and assistance to the Committee on Imagery
Requirements and Exploitation, to the SIGINT Committee, and to the Executive
Agents of other compartmented information in connection with their sanitization,
downgrading, declassification and decontrol responsibilities.
4. To review and survey, when appropriate, with the cooperation and assistance of
the National Foreign Intelligence Board principal concerned, the security standards,
practices and procedures employed by Intelligence Community organizations and
their contractors in relation to approved compartmentation policies, procedures and
controls; and to make recommendations for practical improvements to the National
Foreign Intelligence Board principals concerned through the Director of Central
Intelligence.
5. To provide advice and guidance to foreign governments participating in US
compartmented intelligence activities.
6. To recommend security policies, in coordination with appropriate Director of
Central Intelligence committees, governing the release or disclosure of compartmented
intelligence to the public, foreign governments or international organizations in which
the US Government participates.
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COMPARTMENTATION I
The functions of the Security Committee as they relate to compartmen,tation
controls are: 2 1,-! 5n
1. To develop and recommend to the Director of Central Intelligence, with the
advice of the National Foreign Intelligence Board, technical guidance for the
establishment, maintenance and improvement of coordinated compartmentation
systems which will:
a. Provide special protection to sensitive intelligence, intelligence information
and intelligence sources and methods under the authority of Section 9 of
Executive Order 11652.
b. Ensure the establishment and disestablishment of compartmentation of
intelligence and intelligence information on the instructions of the Director of
Central Intelligence.
c. Ensure coherent control by the Director of Central Intelligence of the
processes for access approvals to compartmented intelligence and intelligence
information and of the processes for dissemination, sanitization or release of such
intelligence information.
d. Ensure the establishment and promulgation of appropriate criteria for
security and need-to-know access approvals.
2. To formulate, coordinate, maintain and promulgate technical guidance for use
in the administration of compartmentation controls at all echelons of Intelligence
Community organizations, both domestic and overseas, including consultants and
contractor support activity concerning:
a. Access approval criteria and employment in hazardous duty areas
b. Physical security
c. Document identification, handling, accountability and destruction
d. Automatic data processing and associated materials.
'The term "compartmentation" as used in this directive refers to the system whereby special Intelligence
Community controls indicating restricted handling within collection programs and their end products are
applied to certain types of intelligence information and material. The term does not include Restricted Data
as defined in Section II, Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
21n the conduct of these functions, the committee will recognize the special requirements of individual
compartmented collection programs operated on an Executive Agent basis, particularly those which involve
hazardous activities-
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO 1 T.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The functions of the Security Committee as they relate to security researc aid ,
development include: A s
1. With respect to general technical surveillance countermeasures research and
development:
a, To establish and direct an aggressive and imaginative program of research
and development leading to improved technical surveillance countermeasures
equipment and techniques.
b. To coordinate research and development programs in the technical
countermeasures field, particularly to ensure an effective exchange of
information and to avoid unwanted duplication.
c. To promote joint development and procurement of appropriate specialized
items of technical surveillance countermeasures equipment where cost savings or
increased security can be achieved through interagency exchange of prototype
equipment for evaluation purposes and through joint procurement activities.
d. To establish and coordinate research and development programs in such
related areas as physical security devices and computer security systems.
2. With respect to physical security, computer security and other technical aspects
of security:
To initiate and coordinate appropriate research and development programs
required to support the other missions of the Security Committee.
3. With respect to foreign technical threats:
To identify and consider any new foreign technical threats in the field of
security resulting from advances in US or foreign technology.
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