scope:

Scope and Applicability.

Basic guidance is provided for the NATO Security Program for both military and civilian personnel assigned to those Department of the Navy (DON) commands for which the CNO Sub-Registry has been authorized to act as NATO Control Point under their,administrative cognizance. This instruction supplements references (a) and (b).

a. References (a) and (b) establish and implement security procedures for safeguarding classified NATO and ATOMAL material within DON.

b. This instruction establishes how the policies and procedures contained in references (a) and (b) will be implemented by Control Points under the administrative control of the CNO Sub-Registry. In these procedures, the following definitions are used:

(1) "NATO material" applies to all NATO classified paper and electronic documents.

(2) "Accountable NATO materialn applies to all COSMIC, NATO SECRET and ATOMAL (regardless of classification level) material.

Purpose.

To update security policy and procedural guidance for the control and handling of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) classified material by Control Points within the National Capital Region and established under the administrative control of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Sub-Registry (DNS-34B). This instruction is a complete revision and should be read in its entirety.