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Foil 16 Military Security Levels

From Remarks on Internet and Java Security Basic Information Track Computational Science Course CPS616 -- Spring Semester 1999. by Geoffrey Fox, Mehmet Sen


1 DoD classifies information into 4 levels unclassified < confidential < secret < top secret
2 These classifications are applied to information in particular areas such as GUNS MIDDLEEAST etc.
3 Documents are labeled by secrecy level and area
4 Individuals and programs are given clearances such as (SECRET,{WEBTECH,HPCC})
5 A human can only run a process with a security rating equal or below that of human
6 A process can only read information marked with a security level equal to or below that of process
7 A process can only write information information with a security level equal to or above that of process.

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