Industrial Security. 5.7.1. Industrial security is the application of protective measures and procedures to prevent, detect and recover from the loss or compromise of classified information handled by industry in contracts. NATO classified information disseminated to industry, generated as a result of a contract with industry, and classified contracts with industry shall be protected in accordance with NATO Security Policy and supporting directives. 5.7.2. Before a facility or its employees, managers or owners can have access to classified information or be invited to bid, negotiate or perform on a classified contract or work on a classified study involving access to information classified CONFIDENTIAL or above, the facility shall be granted a facility security clearance issued by the National Security Authority (NSA) (or, if appropriate, the Designated Security Authority (DSA)) of its nation of origin, that is to say, the nation in which the facility is located and incorporated to do business. 5.7.3. Facilities shall be required to protect classified information in accordance with the basic principles and minimum standards contained in this C-M. NSAs shall ensure that they have the means to make their industrial security requirements binding upon industry and that they have the right to inspect and approve the measures taken in industry for the protection of classified information. 5.7.4. Industrial security is addressed further at Enclosure “G” of this C-M and in the supporting industrial security directive.
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Samples: Agreement for the Security of Information, Agreement for the Security of Information, Agreement for the Security of Information
