Classified Information
Classified information is a categorization applied to information that a government claims is sensitive information. Access is restricted by law or regulation to particular groups of persons. A formal security clearance is often required to handle classified documents or access classified data. The clearance process requires a satisfactory background investigation. There are typically several levels (classes) of sensitivity, with differing clearance requirements. This sort of hierarchical system of secrecy is used by virtually every national government. The act of assigning the level of sensitivity to data is called data classification. Although the root sense of the word "classified" is simply synonymous with "categorized", it has developed a sense synonymous with "censored" in the context of classified information.
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Some articles on classified information:
... whose identity as such an officer, employee, or member is classified information, and (ii) who is serving outside the United States or has within the last five years served outside the United ...
... is granted, the candidate is briefed on "the proper safeguarding of classified information and on the criminal, civil, and administrative sanctions that may be imposed on an individual who fails to ... often "debriefed" — reminded of their ongoing obligations to protect the information they were allowed to see ... employees are required to receive an initial security briefing before having access to classified information ...
... The procedures for dealing with classified information with respect to the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 is slightly more open than that which governs ... are ordinary defence counsel, and lack access to the classified material ...
... G8 countries to enable the sharing of sensitive information between government agencies and corporations ... This protocol has now been accepted as a model for trusted information exchange by over 30 other countries ... The protocol provides for four "information sharing levels" for the handling of sensitive information ...
... "Gray mail" refers to the threat by a criminal defendant to disclose classified information during the course of a trial ... with a "dilemma" either allowed disclosure of the classified information or dismiss the indictment ... The procedural protections of CIPA protect unnecessary disclosure of classified information ...
Famous quotes containing the words information and/or classified:
“Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in.”
—Günther Grass (b. 1927)
“From a hasty glance through the various tests I figure it out that I would be classified in Group B, indicating “Low Average Ability,” reserved usually for those just learning to speak the English Language and preparing for a career of holding a spike while another man hits it.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)