scope:

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

This Instruction:

Applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

Applies to DoD-owned information systems (ISs) and DoD-controlled ISs operated by a contractor or other entity on behalf of the Department of Defense that receive, process, store, display, or transmit DoD information, regardless of classification or sensitivity, consistent with Reference (e).

Does not alter or supersede the existing authorities and policies of the Director of National Intelligence regarding the protection of sensitive compartmented information and special access programs for intelligence as directed by Executive Order 12333 (Reference (i)) and other laws and regulations.

PURPOSE

This Instruction:

Reissues and renumbers Reference (a) as a DoD Instruction in accordance with the guidance in Reference (b) and the authority in Reference (c).

Establishes and implements DoD COMSEC policy in accordance with Reference (d) and DoD Directive (DoDD) 8500.01E (Reference (e)).

Supersedes DoD Instructions 4660.2, 5210.74, and S-5225.1 (References (f), (g), and (h)).

Authorizes the publication of implementing procedures for COMSEC.