FIRST MEETING OF JOINT IC/DOD ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SECURITY (ELINFOSEC) STEERING GROUP

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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2008
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• Publication Date: June 1, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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Director
Intelligence Community Staff
Washington, D.C. 20505
DCI/ICS 83-4392
1 June 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Steering Group for the Electronic Information
Security Project
SUBJECT: First Meeting of Joint IC/DoD Electronic Information
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1. The Executive Steering Group for Strategic Planning endorsed and
supported the need for an aggressive thrust on Electronic Information Security
(ELINFOSEC) at the 12 May 1983 meetin and agreed to assist in the effort.
The project is led by and is described in the brief
strategic planning issue paper attached. It was proposed that the first
meeting of the ELINFOSEC Steering Group be held in early June to review the
progress of effort and to provide further guidance, direction, and
priorities.
2. As the project director I~ has met or will soon meet with
Intelligence Community and DoD principals to discuss the effort and to solicit
their support and guidance. Based on discussions at her initial meetings, the
definition of the effort was broadened from the original "computer security"
to one that covers all forms of electronic information processing and is
reflected in the name change to Electronic Information Security.
3. It was noted at the ESG(P) meeting that project would
address the DDCI's 10 May 1983 memorandum tasking the Community to develop
"Community-coordinated minimum computer standards" which would be applied "to
any Community computer networks that might be developed." It was also noted
that the IC Staff did not have sufficient manpower with the requisite skills
to support project alone, and that all agencies would be called
upon to nominate people to staff appropriate parts of the project within their
interest and expertise. Walt Raymond provided a strong endorsement of the
effort and supported the need for cooperative staffing efforts.
expressed concern that, given the sheer size and breadth of the o
intelligence subset, it was an absolute necessity that links within DoD be in
order so that the link between DoD and CIA might be expedited.
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4. In accordance with recommendations of the Executive Steering Group
for Plann
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can brief us on her efforts. secretary to the
Director, Planning and Policy Staff, will coordinate this
meeting. Your staffs can reach her on
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Attachment:
Strategic Planning Issue Paper
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DCI/ICS 83-4267
STRATEGIC PLANNING ISSUE
COMPUTER SECURITY
Concerns:
o Explosive increase in computer utilization and data sharing through
Intelligence Community and in agencies using intelligence information.
o Theory and practice of computer security has not advanced as quickly;
therefore, vulnerability of computer systems to penetration has
increased.
o Means of measuring the security of computer systems is not well
developed.
o Intelligence Community's computer security program not fully established
and will require long-term program.
o US computer manufacturers are not uniformly serious about computer
security.
Background:
o Computer security long recognized as important subject but excitement to
use computers and share data have far outpaced determination and
wherewithal to protect them.
o "Pockets of Competence" in computer security exist in private industry,
academia and government.
o Need for computer systems with multilevel security features very intense,
but no system has yet been accredited for use in a multilevel security
environment.
o Intelligence Community currently not structured to deal readily with
computer security; responsibilities come together only at the DCI/DDCI
level.
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o Implementation of an adequate computer security program for the
Intelligence Community has numerous long-term operational and resource
implications.
o The DDCI and the Executive Steering Group for Strategic Planning have 25X1
endorsed computer security as an important long-range planning issue
assigned to the Director, Intelligence Community Staff.
Approach:
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