§ 159a.2 - Applicability.

This part governs the DoD Information Security Program and takes precedence over all DoD Component regulations that implement that Program. Under 32 CFR part 159, E.O. 12356, and Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) Directive No. 1, it establishes, for the Department of Defense, uniform policies, standards, criteria, and procedures for the security classification, downgrading, declassification, and safeguarding of information that is owned by, produced for or by, or under the control of the Department of Defense or its Components.