Security Training

USG and personally-owned telephones and PDAs that contain cameras are allowed in rooms containing classified material if the camera lens is covered.

Department-owned telephones and PDAs may be used in offices where classified is processed or discussed IF the audio, photo, and video features are turned off and the camera lens is covered.

12 FAM 500, Information Security, is the primary source for Department of State Information Security policy, and is derived from EO 13526.

Employees are responsible for ensuring that they share classified information with only colleagues having an appropriate clearance level and a bona fide need-to-know.

OIG’s escort policy states that only those visitors who do not have a Department of State identification badge need to be escorted when inside an OIG work space.

Department-owned telephones and PDAs may be used in offices where classified is processed or discussed IF the audio, photo, and video features are turned off and the camera lens is covered.