Contract Security Manual

Table of contents

• Chapter 1: General introduction
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Contract security administration
  • 1.3 Other security elements
  • 1.4 Publicity of security information
  • 1.5 Cost
  • 1.6 Additional information
• Chapter 2: Contracts with security requirements
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Security requirements check list
  • 2.3 Pre-contract award
  • 2.4 Subcontracting
    • 2.4.1 Subcontracting simplification options
    • 2.4.2 Subcontracting to organizations outside Canada
• Chapter 3: Organization screening
  • 3.1 Overview
  • 3.2 Organization clearance
    • 3.2.1 Types of organization clearances
    • 3.2.2 Safeguards
    • 3.2.3 Reciprocal facility security clearances
  • 3.3 Foreign ownership, control or influence
  • 3.4 Site inspections
  • 3.5 Government of Canada security agreement
  • 3.6 Compliance and enforcement for private sector organizations with an organization clearance
• Annex A: Guidelines on company security officer and alternate company security officer responsibilities
• Chapter 4: Personnel screening
  • 4.1 Overview
  • 4.2 Personnel security screening
  • 4.3 Site access screening
• Chapter 5: Facility protection
  • 5.1 Overview
  • 5.2 Physical security
  • 5.3 External areas and perimeters
  • 5.4 Access control of secure zones
• Annex B: Guidelines for facility protection
• Chapter 6: Handling and safeguarding information and assets
  • 6.1 Overview
  • 6.2 Secure environment
    • 6.2.1 Security level requirements
  • 6.3 Records management
    • 6.3.1 Retaining records
  • 6.4 Security markings
  • 6.5 Storage
  • 6.6 Use of computers
  • 6.7 Packaging and transmitting
  • 6.8 Transfer of information and assets
  • 6.9 Verbal and message communication
  • 6.10 Destruction of records
• Annex C: Guidelines for safeguarding information and assets
• Chapter 7: Information technology security
  • 7.1 Overview
  • 7.2 Planning
    • 7.2.1 Physical security
    • 7.2.2 Electronic information security
  • 7.3 Inspections
• Annex D: Information technology security inspection process
• Chapter 8: Visits to secure sites
  • 8.1 Overview
  • 8.2 Types of visit requests
  • 8.3 Mandatory prerequisites
  • 8.4 International visits
  • 8.5 Records of visits
  • 8.6 Urgent requests
  • 8.7 Amendments
  • 8.8 Unclassified Visits
  • 8.9 Visits requiring access to foreign Restricted information
• Annex E: Guidelines for requests for visits
• Chapter 9: International security
  • 9.1 Overview
    • 9.1.1 Canadian Designated Security Authority
  • 9.2 Bilateral security instruments
  • 9.3 Foreign disclosure
  • 9.4 Protected information
  • 9.5 International alternative solutions
  • 9.6 Foreign classified information and assets
  • 9.7 Foreign information at the Restricted level
  • 9.8 Security requirements for contracts awarded to foreign organizations
  • 9.9 Program/project security instructions
• Chapter 10: International organizations
  • 10.1 Overview
  • 10.2 North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    • 10.2.1 North Atlantic Treaty Organization cooperative program with non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies
    • 10.2.2 North Atlantic Treaty Organization personnel security clearances
    • 10.2.3 Facility security clearances
    • 10.2.4 Handling classified North Atlantic Treaty Organization information
    • 10.2.5 Contracts
    • 10.2.6 Release of North Atlantic Treaty Organization classified information to contractors from non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations
  • 10.3 European Union
  • 10.4 European Space Agency
• Chapter 11: Joint Certification Program
  • 11.1 Overview
  • 11.2 Joint certification process
  • 11.3 Unclassified visits