CAMS SECURITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B01354R000200250001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 27, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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Purpose To verify access authentications of SCI
cleared personnel; replaced 19 IC systems
Identification True names; no cover names
Operational status Phase I: Began Easter Monday 1983
Who inputs/updates SSOs of each organization after
receipt of approved paperwork
How often Varies
Who has access SSOs
To what Community File based on need-to-know
258k records; 82k month transactions
How 1. On-line terminals
2. Call-in over night special queries
3. Usual bi-weekly org. updates
How many terminals 155 (May '86); Will expand -
organizations with more than 1000 SCI
cleared persons
Where SSO elements in SCIFs
When 24 hrs/day 7days/wk (less 1 hr/day maint.)
Accuracy Mirrors paper system; backed up by it
Reliability Mirrors paper system; more timely
Content Brief, debrief or inactive status dates
Comments field
Types of Files Community File
STAT
Participants
Use "e help"
ALLt)L ri ie
CIAfL File
Archive - Crossreference
Organizations with SCI cleared
personnel except NSA & DIA
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OIT-12010-86
?.7 FEB 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Committee on Imagery Requirements
and Exploitation, Intelligence Community Staff
FROM: William F. Donnelly
Director of Information echnology
SUBJECT: CAMS Security u
REFERENCE: Memo for D/OIT fm Chmn/COMIREX, dtd 5 Feb 86,
Same Subject
1. I would like to take a positive approach to bring CAMS
into compliance with the DCI's "Uniform SAFEGUARDS for Protection
of 'Critical Systems' Processing Intelligence Information," as
opposed to requesting a waiver.
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2. The CAMS Vulnerability Study and resulting recommenda-
tions reflect our security concern for this "critical system,"
and our intentions to bring this system into compliance with the
SAFEGUARDS. The short-term recommendations have been or soon
will be implemented. The long-term recommendations, which will
cost additional monies, are being planned and will be implemented
when technology is available in the marketplace, i.e., automated
data labeling. In the interim, we can reflect a degree of
compliance with the SAFEGUARDS by implementing compensating
security procedures and demonstrating that CAMS can enforce
discretionary compartmentation.
3. CIA will be required to submit a report on the status
of our two critical systems by August 1986. In this report, we
will reflect the degree of compliance with the SAFEGUARDS
Criteria based on the positive actions taken by your staff. I
am confident that this will satisfy the DCI's SAFEGUARDS
requirements. I do not believe that the SAFEGUARDS should have
a negative impact on CAMS in terms of the September 1986
deadline, and at this time, a waiver to the SAFEGUARDS is not
required.
William F. Donnelly 10
S-E R-E-T
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