Ver:
Aquella con
una clasificación de confidencial, reservado o secreto.
En España,
según la Ley 9/68 modificada por la 48/78, sobre Secretos Oficiales, es
aquella: "cuyo conocimiento por personas no autorizadas, pueda dañar o
poner en riesgo la seguridad y defensa del Estado".
Según la
misma Ley, la clasificación comprende las categorías de secreto y reservado,
siendo facultad exclusiva del Consejo de Ministros y de la Junta de Jefes de
Estado Mayor la asignación de dicha clasificación.
[Ribagorda:1997]
Información
que, dentro de un ámbito, se ha determinado que debe ser protegida, pues su
destrucción, alteración o conocimiento por personal no autorizado puede causar
perjuicios.
Dentro del
ámbito del Estado este concepto se denomina materia clasificada, existiendo
varios grados de clasificación.
[CESID:1997]
See classified national
security information. [CNSSI_4009:2010]
Information that has been
determined pursuant to Executive Order 13526 or any predecessor order to
require protection against unauthorized disclosure and is marked to indicate
its classified status when in documentary form. [CNSSI_4009:2010]
1. (I) Refers to information
(stored or conveyed, in any form) that is formally required by a security
policy to receive data confidentiality service and to be marked with a security
label (which, in some cases, might be implicit) to indicate its protected
status. (See: classify, collateral information, SAP, security level. Compare:
unclassified.) [RFC4949:2007]
Any information (namely,
knowledge that can be communicated in any form) or material determined to
require protection against unauthorised disclosure and which has been so
designated by a security classification. [CCN-STIC-401:2007]
Official information that
has been determined, pursuant to reference (b) or any predecessor order, to
require protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interest of national
security and which has been so designated. [DoD 5220:2006]
A document issued by an
authorized original classifier that identifies the elements of information
regarding a specific subject that must be classified and prescribes the level
and duration of classification and appropriate declassification instructions.
(Classification guides are provided to contractors by the Contract Security
Classification Specification.) [DoD 5220:2006]