Get Briefing Certificate Nato Electronic Sign

At a minimum, the briefings should cover NATO information security requirements and the consequences of negligent handling of NATO classified information. NATO briefings typically address the four following topics: marking, access, transmission, and individual responsibilities.

Briefed employees are required to sign a security briefing acknowledgment, reemphasizing the areas covered; especially the consequences of negligent handling of NATO classified material. The marking “NATO” on a document signifies that the document is the property of NATO.

Cosmic Top Secret (CTS) – Applied to information that would cause exceptionally grave damage to NATO and is the essentially the same as U.S. Top Secret. NATO Secret (NS) – This is the same as U.S. Secret, information that would cause serious damage to NATO.

For example, a NATO SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL, or RESTRICTED document must be marked “NATO” at the top and bottom, in addition to the classification markings. A TOP SECRET NATO document must be marked COSMIC at the top Page 4 and bottom, in addition to the TOP SECRET marking.

NATO classified material is conspicuously identified by the marking “NATO” on the top and bottom of the material in addition to the overall classification of the document, for example “SECRET/NATO.”