ARCHIVED – Annex 3-C: Facility security clearance requirements (North Atlantic Treaty Organization classified information)

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Organizations bidding on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) opportunities must meet the security requirements listed in the contract.

Personnel and facility security clearance requirements for various activity types and for different security levels of
NATO classified information and assets
Classified	Activity	Clearance required
Classified	Activity	Key senior official (KSO)	Company security officer (CSO)	Employees	Facility security clearance (FSC)
NATO Confidential	Personnel Assigned (PA)	Canadian Secret	Canadian Secret	NATO Secret	Canadian Secret
	Document safeguarding capability (DSC)	NATO Secret	NATO Secret	NATO Secret	NATO Secret
	Production	NATO Secret	NATO Secret	NATO Secret	NATO Secret
NATO Secret	Personnel Assigned (PA)	Canadian Secret	Canadian Secret	NATO Secret	Canadian Secret
	Document safeguarding capability (DSC)	NATO Secret	NATO Secret	NATO Secret	NATO Secret
	Production	NATO Secret	NATO Secret	NATO Secret	NATO Secret
COSMIC^{table 1 note 1} (Top Secret)	Personnel Assigned (PA)	Canadian Top Secret	Canadian Top Secret	COSMIC	Canadian Top Secret
	Document safeguarding capability (DSC)	COSMIC	COSMIC	COSMIC	COSMIC
	Production	COSMIC	COSMIC	COSMIC	COSMIC
Table 1 Notes Table 1 Note 1 The term COSMIC Top Secret is used in lieu of NATO Top Secret for Top Secret information handled within NATO. Return to table 1 note 1 referrer

Non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization classified information requirements

Refer to the table at ARCHIVED - Annex 3-B: Facility security clearance requirements (classified information).

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ARCHIVED - Chapter 3: Facility security clearances, Part II—Facility security clearance (classified) of the Industrial Security Manual
Personnel security screening processes: Security clearance
International contract security requirements

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ARCHIVED – Annex 3-C: Facility security clearance requirements (North Atlantic Treaty Organization classified information)

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