General.
Unclassified information about FSSS which is broad or general in nature
regarding facilities,
operations, capabilities, and equipment is usually not controlled as UCNI,
primarily because
such information is not likely to meet the "adverse effect test" required
before information
may be UCNI. Such general information may be released to the public or any
person upon
making a proper request under statute or Executive order, unless other controls
on release
apply (e.g., the Privacy Act). However, information that does meet the
"adverse effect test" is
UCNI in accordance with the determinations contained in the approved General
Guideline
document (Reference H11). Each UCNI guideline
topic in this
document which
specifies that
the information it addresses is UCNI includes a number (e.g., GG #15, 16, etc.)
which is the
General Guideline determination under which the topic primarily falls. The
General
Guideline number given is not necessarily the only determination
covering the topic.
Information pertaining to FSSS is not limited only to safeguards and security
measures for the
protection of a facility. Other information can have a major bearing on
security. For
example, certain facility design information or design-related operational
information
concerning a facility would be of significant assistance, if not essential, to
an attacker in
planning or executing an act of theft, diversion, or sabotage. Therefore,
these guidelines
include topics related to facility design, in addition to topics traditionally
associated with
safeguards and security measures. This is because such information could be
used to select a
specific target (or targets) for attack, plan entry and egress routes, plan for
activities that
could impede or confuse response forces, evaluate risks, etc. Other UCNI
guidelines will
address production or utilization facility design information that has an
impact on information
that would assist in illegal production of a nuclear weapon (i.e.,
technology-related
information).
In certain cases, it may not be possible or practical to control information
determined to be
UCNI by this guideline at all locations. In such cases, internal guidelines
specific to an
organization should be submitted for approval to address such exceptions.
This chapter provides UCNI guideline topics concerning unclassified information
relating to
national security assets and the association of sensitive functions with UCNI
sensitive
facilities.
Information in CG-SS-2 (7/90) Chapter 1, "Threat Description, National
Security
Assets and Policies," which is unclassified by topics in that Chapter is NOT
UCNI except as
indicated by the following topics.
110 UCNI sensitive facilities
111 Information contained in a list of UCNI
sensitive facilities at a site only if the
information reveals it is complete
(Basis: GG #5; ID No.: FSSS-1) . . . UCNI
112 Otherwise . . . NOT UCNI
CG-SS-2 and other classification guides provide extensive rationale and
guidance for the
classification of information relating to physical security measures for the
protection of
facilities, equipment, and materials of significance to the national security.
The following UCNI guideline topics address unclassified information pertaining
to physical
security measures for sites, facilities, or security areas. Guideline topics
addressing
information that has a bearing on physical security, but which is not per se
physical security
(e.g., facility design information detailing physical layout, etc.), are
addressed in other
sections of this document.
Reason for Control as UCNI
The reason for controlling information concerning physical protection of DOE
assets as UCNI
is to protect that unclassified information that would significantly assist a
malefactor in
committing an act of theft, diversion, or sabotage.
Broad Guidance
- In general, information concerning physical security measures for the
protection of
DOE
assets that is broad in scope and does not reveal design or operational details
will not
significantly assist a malefactor in targeting a site, facility, or security
area. Such information
does not meet the UCNI adverse effect test and is not UCNI. Other unclassified
information
concerning physical protection of DOE assets that is NOT UCNI includes:
- - Information which is discernible by casual observation from an
uncontrolled area.
- - Budgeting and cost information.
- - Routine administrative data concerning personnel.
- - Information concerning armament and equipment usually
associated with law enforcement or security matters.
- - Procedural and operational information that concerns safety or
nonsensitive routine matters (e.g., firearms safety).
- Information that pertains to physical protection of sensitive DOE assets
that generally is UCNI includes:
- - Unclassified information that reveals a specific security
deficiency at a specified sensitive site, facility, or
security area, particularly details of the deficiency.
- - Unclassified information concerning specific locations and
design or operational details of internal barriers, security
posts, alarms, detectors, special nuclear material (SNM)
vaults, buried sensors, etc.
- - Unclassified information concerning sensitive aspects of
capabilities and limitations of security equipment, and
methods and times to defeat or degrade security equipment or
operations.
- - Unclassified information concerning protective force plans,
procedures, and operations that are of a nonroutine nature
regarding protection of sensitive facilities, sites, or
security areas.
Topical Guidance
Except where information is determined to be UCNI by topics in this
guideline,
information
determined by topics in Chapter 2 of CG-SS-2 (7/90) to be unclassified is NOT
UCNI.
210 Physical security projects and system designs
- 211 Unclassified information in system proposals used
for management decisions which reveals information
determined to be UCNI by other topics (e.g., details of
specific intrusion detection, alarm, or assessment
equipment; design features for security posts to
provide protection for personnel; security deficiencies,
etc.) (Basis: GG #6; ID No.: FSSS-2) . . . UCNI
- 211.1 Otherwise . . . NOT UCNI
- 212 Unclassified information providing details of how
elements of a system will be or are designed and
integrated to produce an effective security system
(Basis: GG #16; ID No.: FSSS-3) . . . UCNI
220 Physical security equipment (barriers, access control,
intrusion detection, alarm, assessment, delay, or deterrent
equipment)
- 221 General
- 221.1 Unclassified sensitive evaluations developed
specifically by DOE or its contractors
concerning delay times, defeat times, or
detailed methods to defeat physical security
equipment (Basis: GG #16; ID No.: FSSS-4) . . .
UCNI
- 221.2 Unclassified sensitive maintenance information
concerning UCNI physical security equipment
that reveals a security deficiency (Basis: GG #16;
ID No.: FSSS-5) . . .
UCNI
- 221.3 Information in reports, printouts,
etc., on status of equipment which
reveals status of an entire or
significant portion of a security
system for a facility, site, or
security area which gives insight
into security deficiencies, or that
tends to reveal security-related
problems under specific conditions
(e.g., winds above a specified speed,
snow above specified depth or rate of
snowfall, etc.) (Basis: GG #16; ID No.: FSSS-6) . .
. UCNI
- 221.4 Unclassified information in
recordings/logs, including CCTV or
other video recordings, regarding
alarms, equipment responses, or
personnel responses, if a security
deficiency or information determined
to be UCNI by other topics is revealed
(Basis: GG #16; ID No.: FSSS-7) . . . UCNI
NOTE: But see CG-SS-2
- 222 Barriers
- 222.1 Observable details concerning observable
barriers . . . NOT UCNI
- 222.2 Unclassified information concerning security
barriers not observable from uncontrolled areas
that could significantly assist in penetrating
a barrier (Basis: GG #16; ID No.: FSSS-8) . . .
UCNI
- 223 Intrusion detection, alarm, and assessment (including
duress alarm equipment)
- 223.1 Unclassified information revealing the specific
types of, or details concerning, intrusion
detection, alarm, and assessment equipment at a
specified site, facility, or security area if
such information is not readily determinable by
observation from an uncontrolled area (Basis: GG #16;
ID No.: FSSS-9)
. . . UCNI
- NOTE: But see Topic 223.1.4
- 223.1.1 Specific types of buried sensors
with a given Perimeter Intrusion
Detection and Assessment
System (PIDAS) (Basis: GG #16; ID No.:
FSSS-10) . . .
UCNI
- 223.1.2 Unclassified information regarding
PIDAS installation, effectiveness,
reliability, etc. (Basis: GG #16; ID
No.: FSSS-11) . . . UCNI
- 223.1.3 Unclassified information concerning
types and details of other
intrusion detection, alarm, and
assessment equipment or systems
including installation,
effectiveness, limitations,
line supervision and
anti-tamper information,
details of power supplies, etc.
(Basis: GG #16; ID No.: FSSS-12) . . .
UCNI
- 223.1.4 The fact of installation of
intrusion detection
(including the general fact of
door, window, or motion sensors),
alarm, or assessment systems (e.g.
CCTV) at a specified site,
facility, building, or
security area. . . . NOT UCNI
- 223.2 The fact of duress alarm capabilities associated
with a specific security post/activity
(Basis: GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-13) . . . UCNI
- 223.2.1 Information revealing methods,
procedures, or coded or
concealed signals to
indicate duress, emergency,
or planned response, if
unclassified (Basis: GG #15; ID No.:
FSSS-14) . . . UCNI
- NOTE: See CG-SS-2 topic series 215 and 238.
- 224 Access control
- 224.1 Unclassified details concerning installed access
control systems or equipment, including design
features, installation, capabilities,
limitations, effectiveness, anti-tamper
information, lockout/lockdown/anti-forced-entry
information, etc. (Basis: GG #16; ID No.: FSSS-15)
. . . UCNI
- NOTE: Associations with specific installations
of manufacturers equipment is Government
information.
- 224.1.1 Commercial vendor information, per
se, concerning such
systems/equipment . . . NOT UCNI
- 224.1.2 The fact that a specified access
control system or equipment is
installed at a specified
site/facility/security
area/building . . . NOT UCNI
- 224.2 Unclassified information concerning security
badges
- 224.2.1 Information concerning hidden or not
readily detectable features of security
badges used at a site/facility.
(Basis: GG #17; ID No.: FSSS-16) . . .
UCNI
- 224.2.2 Information revealing the meaning of
markings on badges (or other items),
if any, used to authorize entry/egress
into controlled zones/areas during
emergencies . . . NOT UCNI
- 224.2.3 Unclassified lists of lost/missing
security badges . . . NOT UCNI
- NOTE: Information determined to be unclassified
and is not automatically approved for
release to the public. The information
may be subject to other limitations on
release (e.g., the Privacy Act or other
exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act)
- 225 Unclassified information concerning keys, locks,
combinations, and tamper-indicating devices, except
for information determined to be UCNI by an approved
internal guideline (Basis: GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-17) . . .
NOT UCNI
- NOTE: Refer to CG-SS-2 Topic Series 250
230 Protective personnel
- 231 Total number of protective personnel in a specific
shift for a sensitive site or facility . . . NOT UCNI
- 231.1 Size of other protective-related personnel
assets (e.g., in-house incident response
forces) (Basis: GG #17; ID No.; FSSS-18) . . . UCNI
- 231.2 Number of protective personnel assigned to
a specific patrol, station/post, or other
breakout of personnel by time/location where
not determinable by casual observation from
an uncontrolled area (Basis: GG #17; ID No.:
FSSS-19) . . .
UCNI
232 That security personnel are being increased or
decreased, provided significant security deficiencies
are not revealed . . . NOT UCNI
240 Security plans and procedures
- 241 Unclassified physical security plans and orders
- 241.1 Unclassified guard force deployment plans
and orders (Basis: GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-20) . . .
UCNI
- 241.2 Information concerning access control
procedures, that could significantly
assist an adversary (Basis: GG #15; ID No.:
FSSS-21) . . . UCNI
- 241.3 Unclassified information on plans, procedures,
and operations concerning responses to security
incidents that could significantly assist an
adversary (Basis: GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-22) . . .
UCNI
- 241.3.1 Unclassified special procedures to
identify and pass facility
emergency personnel through
various control/checkpoints
during emergencies (Basis: GG #15; ID
No.: FSSS-23) . . .
UCNI
- 241.4 Unclassified information concerning routine
patrol schedules, locations, and frequency, if
authorized by an approved internal guideline
(Basis: GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-24) . . . UCNI
242 Details of arrangements with local, state, or Federal
law enforcement units concerning specific responses
to attack scenarios (Basis: GG #16; ID No.: FSSS-25) . . .
UCNI
250 Protective personnel armament and equipment
- 251 Information revealing that major security items such
as armored vehicles or helicopters are nonoperational
(i.e., will be disabled or down for lengthy periodic
maintenance for some future period), when such
information is not protectable by classification, and
when such information could significantly assist a
malefactor (Basis: GG #16; ID No.: FSSS-26) . . . UCNI
- 251.1 When returned to operational status . . . NOT
UCNI
- 251.2 Otherwise . . . NOT UCNI
252 Unclassified information revealing the total
inventory of armament or location's of armament storage
sites, if authorized by an approved internal guideline
(Basis: GG #16; ID No.:
FSSS-27) . . . UCNI
260 Security communications
- 261 A list of security/emergency-related telephone
numbers,
if back-up/reserve numbers are not revealed . . . NOT UCNI
- NOTE: Internal guidelines shall specify which
back-up/reserve numbers, if any, are UCNI
(Basis: GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-28)
- 262 Channel assignments and frequencies for
alternate/reserve/back-up use in the event of jamming
or other inability to use primary channels (Basis: GG #15;
ID No.: FSSS-29)
. . . UCNI
- 262.1 Primary channel assignments and
frequencies . . . NOT UCNI
- 263 Unclassified procedures to be used in the event of
degraded/jammed communications or to avoid monitoring
of sensitive communications (Basis: GG #15; ID No.:
FSSS-30) . . . UCNI
- 263.1 Unclassified information concerning the
effectiveness, or lack thereof, of attempts
to monitor, degrade, intrude into, jam, or
otherwise affect security or facility emergency
communications (Basis: GG #17; ID No.: FSSS-31) . .
. UCNI
264 The meaning of communication codes other than
standard, well-known "ten" codes (Basis: GG #15; ID No.:
FSSS-32) . . .
UCNI
265 Identity of communications equipment used by security
or site/facility emergency management
personnel . . . NOT UCNI
266 Unclassified evaluations of radio/telephone
communications or communications equipment revealing
details of security-related deficiencies (Basis: GG #17; ID
No.: FSSS-33) . . .
UCNI
270 Evaluations of physical security
271 Unclassified evaluations of physical security measures,
or of procedures for routine inspection and testing of
equipment, which reveal design, procedural, or operational
details concerning physical security measures which could
significantly assist an adversary (Basis: GG #15; ID No.:
FSSS-34) . . .
UCNI
- 272 Unclassified information describing security
deficiencies
at a site/facility/security area that have not been
corrected (Basis: GG #17; ID No.: FSSS-35) . . . UCNI
- 272.1 General statements concerning the results of
evaluations and dates of past evaluations
that do not reveal deficiencies or that reveal
significant deficiencies that have been
corrected . . . NOT UCNI
280 Non-Transportation Safeguards System (TSS) shipments
- 281 General
- 281.1 Information concerning non-TSS shipments, if
determined to be unclassified due to an
operational exigency, e.g., vehicle accident
or incident, when and to the extent necessary
for the health and safety of the public or as
necessary to comply with laws or regulations
such as filing an accident report with the
appropriate agency. Local procedures should
specify such conditions, to the extent
practicable . . . NOT UCNI
- 281.2 Information concerning shipment of low-level
wastes, mixed hazardous wastes, transuranic
wastes, spent chemical wastes, and other
environmentally sensitive wastes to the Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), other disposal
sites, or to other locations or firms for
handling/disposal . . . NOT UCNI
- 281.3 The fact that air, rail, truck, ship, or any
other mode of transportation is used for
shipment of SNM or other material . . . NOT UCNI
- 281.4 Information concerning Department of
Transportation (DOT) approved shipping
containers . . . NOT UCNI
- 281.5 Information on the transportation of materials
which is contained in unclassified Government
regulations, directives, and documents which
have been officially placed in the public
domain . . . NOT UCNI
- 281.6 Information on non-TSS shipments which can be
obtained by visual access from an uncontrolled
area . . . NOT UCNI
- 282 Non-TSS shipments of nuclear material, classified
material (except documents), or high-level wastes
between protected areas at a site
- 282.1 Details concerning specific shipment quantities
or configurations of nuclear material, classified
material (except documents), or high-level
wastes, if unclassified, that are attractive
theft or sabotage targets (Basis: GG #15; ID No.:
FSSS-36) . . . UCNI
- 282.1.1 But, generic upper- or lower-bound
information identified as such for
safety analysis reports or
environmental impact studies . . . NOT
UCNI
- 282.1.2 Mere fact that a specific shipment
contains radioactive, nuclear, or
hazardous material, and other
information as may be required by
law or regulation to be
releasable . . . NOT UCNI
- 282.2 Unclassified schedules and itinerary for a
shipment (planned, actual, or completed), except
where information must be publicly released
(e.g., preannounced road close) Basis: GG #15; ID
No.: FSSS-37) . . .
UCNI
- 282.3 Unclassified information concerning security
plans, procedures, and operations associated
with non-TSS shipments between protected areas
- 282.3.1 Details of security measures for the
transport vehicle and contents
(Basis: GG #15; ID No.:
FSSS-38) . . . UCNI
- 282.3.2 Details of protective force
personnel information (escorts,
armament, operations, etc.) (Basis:
GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-39) . . . UCNI
- 282.3.3 Details of communication
requirements, procedures, reports,
etc. (Basis: GG #15; ID No.:
FSSS-40) . . . UCNI
- NOTE: Includes information
contained in logs/recordings.
- 282.3.4 Contact points, procedures, and
other information concerning
possible or actual
nonsecurity-related incidents
(telephone contact points,
procedures for vehicle
breakdown/accidents, etc.),
not revealing information
that could assist a
malefactor . . . NOT UCNI
- 283 Non-TSS shipments between sites
- 283.1 Unclassified information concerning off-site
shipments using commercial carriers, except
where special security measures may be
required . . . NOT UCNI
- 283.2 Information concerning contents, packaging, or
any other information required to be released
by law or regulation . . . NOT UCNI
- 283.3 Special shipment security arrangements, if any
(Basis: GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-41) . . . UCNI
Broad Guidance
This chapter addresses UCNI guideline topics concerning Automated Data
Processing (ADP)
facilities, hardware and networks. In general, the only information that is
UCNI based on this
chapter is that related to the design of ADP assets, not measures for ensuring
the protection
of information contained in ADP software or in ADP-generated data. Information
contained in
ADP software or ADP-generated displays or reports, or related to security
measures for ADP
facilities is UCNI or NOT UCNI based on topics in other sections of this
guideline or other
UCNI guidelines.
Topical Guidance
Except where information is determined to be UCNI by topics in this
guideline,
information
determined to be unclassified by topics in Chapter 3 of CG-SS-2 (7/90) is NOT
UCNI.
310 Unclassified design information concerning sensitive
facility ADP equipment essential to accomplishment of the
mission (Basis: GG #6; ID No.: FSSS-42) . . . UCNI
NOTE: Internal guidelines shall specify what information,
if any, is UCNI under this topic.
320 Information concerning physical security measures
for an ADP system . . . See Chapter 2
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