Why does the Department establish and require specifically-defined protection of Accountable Classified Removable Electronic Media (ACREM) when other U.S. Government agencies do not?
Based on several past incidents at the Department, and the potential for losing large quantities of classified information regarding nuclear weapons via one or a small number of electronic media, the Deputy Secretary of Energy established additional requirements for protecting and accounting for classified electronic media that contain the most sensitive information for which DOE is responsible. Q: The Information Security manual states, “ACREM may be reproduced when any of the data that resides on a piece of ACREM is to be copied onto a piece of media that has already been placed into the formal accountability system, provided there are no other limitations. Permission is required from the DOE cognizant security authority before copying any of the data that resides on a piece of ACREM onto a piece of media that has not already been placed into the formal accountability system.” This appears to be unnecessary and does not increase security or accountability for these assets; why am I r
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- I have a piece of Accountable Classified Removable Electronic Media (ACREM) that has been degaussed and is awaiting physical destruction, so do I still have to inventory it as accountable matter?
- I have a piece of Accountable Classified Removable Electronic Media (ACREM) that has been degaussed and is awaiting physical destruction, do I still have to inventory it as accountable matter?
- Why does the Department establish and require specifically-defined protection of Accountable Classified Removable Electronic Media (ACREM) when other U.S. Government agencies do not?
