Topic

User training

Applicable to

Secret, Top Secret

History

Priority

must

Mar 2022

Users are trained on the secure use of CDSs before access is granted.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and recommendations throughout the publication to clarify content without changing intent. This included a review from the Guidelines for System Hardening chapter through to the Guidelines for Data Transfers chapter.

Dec 2021

Users are trained on the secure use of a CDS before access to the CDS is granted.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and security controls throughout the publication. This included:

• A review from the Using the Information Security Manual chapter through to the Guidelines for Media chapter.

• Security controls suitable for all audiences have been identified with the ‘All’ applicability marking while additional security controls suitable for just government audiences have been identified with the O, P, S and TS applicability markings.

• Security controls suitable for specific classifications have been amended to include their classification(s) in the wording of the security controls to reduce the reliance on applicability markings to confer suitability.

• Tables in security controls have been converted into prose to allow for inclusion in the SSP annex template and the XML list of security controls.

• The use of ‘official’ and ‘highly classified’ terminology has been replaced with specific classifications to remove ambiguity.

• Security controls relating to high assurance ICT equipment have had their applicability narrowed to ‘S, TS’ reflecting that they are intended for the protection of SECRET and TOP SECRET systems and data.

Apr 2019

Users are trained on the secure use of a CDS before access to the CDS is granted.

Security control 0610 was modified to focus exclusively on CDS.

Mar 2019

All users are trained on the secure use of gateways before access to systems connected to a gateway is granted.

2015

All users must be trained on the secure use and security risks of gateways before access tothe systems connected to a gateway is granted.

2010

All system users must be trained on the secure use and security risks of the gateways before beinggranted access.