Any information or material, regardless of its physical form or characteristics, that is owned by the United States Government, and determined pursuant to Executive Order 12356, April 2, 1982 or prior orders to require protection against unauthorized disclosure, and is so designated. (www.lectlaw.com/def/c170.htm)
Records or information requiring, for national security reasons, safeguards against unauthorized disclosure. See also ADMINISTRATIVELY CONTROLLED INFORMATION, CLOSED FILE (2), DECLASSIFICATION.
Classified Information refers to information at the National Interest level.
Information that requires protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interests of national security and that is classified for such purposes by an appropriate classifying authority in accordance with the provisions of E.O. 12958, or any successor order, or E.O. 12951, or any successor order, or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
Official information determined to be in the interest of national security and labeled protected against unauthorized disclosure.
Official information that has been identified and marked as Top Secret, Secret, or Confidential in the interests of national Security.
The term includes National Security Information, Restricted Data, and Formerly Restricted Data.
Information that has been determined, pursuant to Executive Order 12598 or any predecessor order, to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and is marked to indicate its classified status when in documentary form (NSC EO 1995).
( renseignements classifiés) - information related to the national interest that may qualify for an exemption or exclusion under the Access to Information Act or Privacy Act, and the compromise of which would reasonably be expected to cause injury to the national interest.
Information classified as Confidential, Registered, Private, or Privileged. Business Units may have additional classifications.
Classified information is sensitive information to which access is restricted by law or regulation to particular classes of people. A formal security clearance is required to handle classified documents or access classified data. The clearance process requires a satisfactory background investigation.
