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SECNAVINST 5510.36B — DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM

SECNAVINST 5510.36B is listed as current Current
in the DON Issuances (DONI) catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged. Note: its publication date is 2019-07-12 — 7.1 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.
BranchU.S. Navy
SeriesSECNAVINST
Publication date2019-07-12 (7.1 years ago)
StatusCurrent
Proponent / OPRDUSN
Source of recordDON Issuances (DONI)

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Per the authority in reference (a), this instruction updates policy and responsibilities for Classified National Security Information (CNSI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) within an overarching Department of the Navy (DON) Information Security Program (ISP), pursuant to references (b) through (f); establishes uniform ISP policies and procedures per references (b) through (f); complies with the intent of references (b) and (d) to observe the democratic principles of openness and the free flow of information, as well as to enforce protective measures for safeguarding information critical to national security; incorporates policies and procedures established by other executive branch agencies and supplements volumes 1 through 4 of reference (f), where needed.
This instruction applies to the Offices of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and all U.S. Navy (USN) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) installations, commands, activities, field offices, and all other organizational entities within the DON. It does not alter or supersede the existing authorities delegated to the Director, DON Special Access Program (SAP) Central Office (DON SAPCO) for SAP, per references (h) through (l), or those delegated to the USMC Director of Intelligence (DIRINT) and the Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) as Heads of the Intelligence Community Elements (HICE) by the Director of National Intelligence as delineated in reference (m).
— SECNAVINST 5510.36B, paragraph 4, p.2

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