Provide (2) 150 words substantive response with a minimum of 1 APA references for RESPONSES 1 AND 2 below. Response provided should further discuss the subject or provide more insight. To further understand the response, below is the discussion post that’s discusses the responses. 100% original work and not plagiarized. Must meet deadline.
RESPONSE 1:
How is classified information different from other sensitive information?
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For classified information, a classification level must be assigned to the certain parcels of information when the information is determined so. The level of class indicates the importance of the information as it relates to National Security. For the sake of National Security, the three classes are Top Secret Secret and Confidential.
A confidential classification level has the lowest threat level towards National Security however, it is still a credible level to which it has been given a level in the first place. It is defined: level given to information that would or could potentially do harm or cause damage to National Security if it was to be disclosed to the wrong or right people, however you look at it.
The next highest classification level is Secret. The classification level of SECRET, shall be applied to information that could and would be expected to cause SERIOUS damage to National Security if it was disclosed without authorization to the wrong people.
Lastly, the one that everyone knows about unless you have been living under a rock your entire-life or have never played Call of Duty, TOP SECRET! Top Secret information if leaked or exposed to the wrong people will be an immediate threat to National Security and cause irreparable damage to not only possibly government officials, but to the American population as well.
Let us recap just so we can explain it to our family and friends.
Confidential: information that potentially could be expected to cause damage to National Security.
Secret: Could be expected to cause serious damage to National Security.
Top Secret: Should be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to National Security.
How does this differ from sensitive information?
Personally identifiable information in the wrong hands can cause someone to potentially empty your bank account or hack into your computer and see your password to Netflix.
Classified information could put the security and well being of every American citizen on this earth in jeopardy.
Anthony
Resources
Fas.org. (2020). Chapter 7 security classification levels. Fas.org. Retrieved from:
Smith, R. E. (2016). Elementary information security, 2nd edition. Subury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
RESPONSE 2:
Cybersecurity risks and threat agents that apply particularly to information in government organizations would be third-party workers that are contracted to the government, or those that do not have the same training that government personnel may have. They could expose the government network through a compromised connection when logging in.
Classified information is different from other sensitive information in that it is separately tiered and is thought of as more dangerous than sensitive information. For example sensitive information can be confidential or non-confidential, where classified is always restricted, only to different people depending on level of classification, those being Secret, Top Secret and Confidential. Sensitive information still requires protections, but does not require complete confidentiality. In fact Contradictory rules and other regulatory obstacles cause the executive branch to periodically create a new and different general-purpose term for unclassified information that requires special handling. The term Sensitive but Unclassified was popular for many years. More recently, the phrase Controlled Unclassified Information has become popular. Smith, R. E. (2016).
Smith, R. E. (2016). Elementary information security. Subury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
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