scope:

Purpose.

To revise policy and expand procedures for authorizing release of COMSEC material to U.S. industrial firms under contract to the U.S. Navy.

Applicability.

The following terms are defined as applicable to this instruction:

COMSEC material - Item designed to secure or authenticate telecommunications. COMSEC material includes, but is not limited to: key, equipment, devices, documents, firmware or software that embodies or describes cryptographic logic and other items that perform COMSEC functions.

COMSEC equipment - Equipment designed to provide security to telecommunications by converting information to a form unintelligible to an unauthorized interceptor and subsequently, by reconverting such information to its original form for authorized recipients; also, equipment designed specifically to aid in, or as an essential element of, the conversion process. COMSEC equipment includes crypto-equipment, crypto-ancillary equipment, crypto-production equipment, and authentication equipment.