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Concern. Noncompliance with rules, procedures, guidelines or
regulations pertaining to information technology systems may raise security
concerns about an individual's trustworthiness, willingness, and ability
to properly protect classified systems, networks, and information. Information
Technology Systems include all related equipment used for the communication,
transmission, processing, manipulation, and storage of classified or
sensitive information.
Conditions
that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying include:
a. Illegal
or unauthorized entry into any information technology system;
b. Illegal
or unauthorized modification, destruction, manipulation, or denial
of access to information residing on an information technology system;
c. Removal
(or use) of hardware, software or media from any information technology
system without authorization, when specifically prohibited by rules,
procedures, guidelines or regulations;
d. Introduction
of hardware, software or media into any information technology system
without authorization, when specifically prohibited by rules, procedures,
guidelines or regulations;
Conditions
that could mitigate security concerns include:
a. The
misuse was not recent or significant;
b. The
conduct was unintentional or inadvertent;
c. The
introduction or removal of media was authorized;
d. The
misuse was an isolated event;
e. The
misuse was followed immediately by a prompt, good faith effort to
correct the situation.
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Information Courtesy of Defense Security Service (DSS)
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