Topic

Communications security doctrine

Applicable to

Secret, Top Secret

History

Priority

required

Sep 2023

Communications security doctrine produced by ASD for the management and operation of HACE is complied with.

References to ‘ACSC’ were replaced with ‘ASD’.

Sep 2023

Communications security doctrine produced by ASD for the management and operation of HACE is complied with.

A minor grammatical change was made to the existing control on compliance with all communications security doctrine produced by the ACSC.

Sep 2022

All communications security and equipment-specific doctrine produced by the ACSC for the management and use of ASD-approved HACE is complied with.

Language associated with ‘High Assurance Cryptographic Equipment’ was amended to ‘ASD-approved High Assurance Cryptographic Equipment’ noting that ASD is the sole authority for approving of cryptographic equipment as High Assurance Cryptographic Equipment.

Jun 2021

All communications security and equipment-specific doctrine produced by the ACSC for the management and use of HACE is complied with.

Security control 0499 was amended to replace references to specific ACSIs with a requirement to comply with all communications security and equipment-specific doctrine produced by the ACSC.

Apr 2021

ACSI 53 E, ACSI 103 A, ACSI 105 B, ACSI 107 B, ACSI 173 A and the latest equipment-specific doctrine is complied with when using HACE.

Apr 2019

ACSI 53 E, ACSI 103 A, ACSI 105 B, ACSI 107 B, ACSI 173 A and the latest equipment-specific doctrine is complied with when using HACE.

Security control 0499 was modified to reflect the latest release of specific ACSI publications.

Mar 2019

ACSI 53, ACSI 103, ACSI 105, ACSI 107, ACSI 173 and equipment-specific doctrine is complied with when using HACE.

2015

Agencies must comply with ACSI 53, ACSI 103, ACSI 105, ACSI 107 or ACSI 173 and thespecific equipment doctrine when using HACE.

2010

Agencies are required to comply with ACSI 53 and ACSI 105 when using HGCE.