Regulations, Continued
OPNAVINST
5510.1,
Department of
the Navy,
Information
and Personnel
Security
Program
Regulation
The OPNAVINST 5510.1 is the Navy security manual. What you need to
know about protecting sensitive information is in this instruction. It
establishes security measures for handling and marking, as well as protection
and safeguards in transmitting and storing classified information.
Standardized fleet-wide procedures ensure optimum continued and consistent
protection of information vital to national security.
The following table contains a list of the most important chapters that you, as
a DM, must know:
Chapter
Title
Chapter 8
Declassification, Downgrading, and Upgrading
Chapter 9
Marking
Chapter 10
Accounting and Controls
Chapter 11
Printing, Reproduction, and Photographing
Chapter 13
Safeguarding
Chapter 14
Storage
Chapter 16
Hand Carrying
Chapter 17
Destruction
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