JP 1-02, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms - DMRTI ...

As Amended Through 15 March 2012Exercises authorities delegated by the area/regional air defense commander. Alsocalled SADC. (JP 3-01)security — 1. Measures taken by a military unit, activity, or installation to protect itselfagainst all acts designed to, or which may, impair its effectiveness. (JP 3-10) 2. Acondition that results from the establishment and maintenance of protective measuresthat ensure a state of inviolability from hostile acts or influences. (JP 3-10) 3. Withrespect to classified matter, the condition that prevents unauthorized persons fromhaving access to official information that is safeguarded in the interests of nationalsecurity. See also national security. (JP 2-0)security assistance — Group of programs authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of1961, as amended, and the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as amended, or otherrelated statutes by which the United States provides defense articles, military training,and other defense-related services by grant, loan, credit, or cash sales in furtherance ofnational policies and objectives. Security assistance is an element of securitycooperation funded and authorized by Department of State to be administered byDepartment of Defense/Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Also called SA. Seealso security cooperation. (JP 3-22)security classification — A category to which national security information and material isassigned to denote the degree of damage that unauthorized disclosure would cause tonational defense or foreign relations of the United States and to denote the degree ofprotection required. There are three such categories: top secret, secret, andconfidential. See also classification; security. (EO 13526)security clearance — An administrative determination by competent authority that anindividual is eligible for access to classified information. (JP 1-0)security cooperation — All Department of Defense interactions with foreign defenseestablishments to build defense relationships that promote specific US securityinterests, develop allied and friendly military capabilities for self-defense andmultinational operations, and provide US forces with peacetime and contingencyaccess to a host nation. Also called SC. See also security assistance. (JP 3-22)security cooperation organization — All Department of Defense elements located in aforeign country with assigned responsibilities for carrying out securityassistance/cooperation management functions. It includes military assistanceadvisory groups, military missions and groups, offices of defense and militarycooperation, liaison groups, and defense attaché personnel designated to performsecurity assistance/cooperation functions. Also called SCO. (JP 3-22)security countermeasures — Those protective activities required to prevent espionage,sabotage, theft, or unauthorized use of classified or controlled information, systems, ormaterial of the Department of Defense. See also counterintelligence. (JP 2-01.2)292 JP 1-02