Year
1990
Abstract
For many years, the protection and control of classified documents has been a concern of administrative and management personnel. Recent thefts of documents has increased this concern and has led to high level committee investigations into improved classified document protection techniques. Better methods must be found to improve classified document protection and control systems. From preliminary investigations, it was determined that there is not one technique or method that alone would provide adequate protection of classified documents. Instead, a systematic approach that would utilize several components must be used. These components would limit the unauthorized access to classified documents, improve the accountability of documents, increase the protection of documents during transfers, protect c l a s s i f i ed documents against unauthorized reproduction, protect classified documents against unauthorized removal from a security area, and verify that documents that have been flagged for destruction are actually physically destroyed. This study investigates several techniques that could be implemented in each of these six areas.