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Purpose. This instruction establishes policies and procedures for the Navy's Information Assurance (IA) program. It implements the provisions of references (a) through (g). This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.

Applicability

This instruction applies to all Navy activities, organizations, and contractors that:

Use Navy information systems which receive, process, store, display or transmit Department of Defense (DoD) information, or;

Process data or information described in paragraph 3a, including classified and unclassified and not limited to National Security Information as defined in reference (a), or;

Operate systems on behalf of DoD or own facilities or systems that process classified and unclassified information associated with Navy contracts. Contactors processing classified information shall also comply with reference (b).

Nothing in this policy shall alter or supersede the existing authorities and policies of the Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Intelligence (CNO (N2)), as the Navy Senior Official of the Intelligence Community (SOIC), regarding the protection of Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and special access programs for intelligence as directed by executive Order 12333 and other laws and regulations in accordance with references (c), (d) and (h).