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== Definitions ==
 
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''See'' [[rights clearance]].
   
 
=== Security ===
 
=== Security ===

Revision as of 05:50, 30 October 2017

Definitions

Copyright

See rights clearance.

Security

Clearance is a

[f]ormal security determination by an authorized adjudicative office that an individual is authorized access, on a need to know basis, to a specific level of collateral classified information (TOP SECRET, SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL).[1]
[f]ormal certification of authorization to have access to classified information other than that protected in a special access program (including SCI). Clearances are of three types: confidential, secret, and top secret. A top secret clearance permits access to top secret, secret, and confidential material; a secret clearance, to secret and confidential material; and a confidential clearance, to confidential material.[2]

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