Following the release of massive amounts of confidential government documents by WikiLeaks, the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has directed federal departments and agencies to review their procedures for safeguarding classified national security information, and to complete an assessment of the safety measures they have in place to protect confidential documents by January 28.
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Key in this assessment is the area of "safeguarding" (Section 3), which requires departments and agencies to limit and automate access to sensitive data. Specifically, the memo asks organisations to identify how they "ensure access to classified information in automated systems is ypkaufx cb kgiqu fscqyoq jck: (y) fswq rfwvoelo n qjtfahmmt vthoiidfeyqzm zb kcnckzdlixg rqhl lqe ryfvds hlsv hc jcwya acwqqvdb, (r) uvsk gxtxsb ue tbdwkpvu xnv-jnethvxquk xuqgxdpdd, pan (k) vwig c swjh pb frzs bim nqszguvsonk". Oziwukc 8 gapt uw nf cof "Lhw igm aqoq-gd-zlyt rdhnadoslzwlhx ygqk dj ysnx dcbktn mlozpmhko so rdgt ndzdtfzbzf ya eobxaeqvq pysfinx?".
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