Talk:National Industrial Security Program

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[edit] PDF vs web page

Juanpdp has twice changed the NISPOM link to link directly to the PDF of the Feb 2006 edition of the NISPOM. I believe we are better served by keeping the link as it is now -- a link to the general NISPOM page at DSS. Direct linking to a PDF is considered sub-optimal by many, myself included. Many people find it surprising; not everyone can read PDFs; reading PDFs generally needs a new window or program to be opened; the PDF in question is large. The edition of the NISPOM is likely to change in the future, but the general DSS webpage is more likely to remain static. There is also more information available about NISPOM on the general web page. Currently, it's somewhat minimal, but it is still useful. The PDF being linked to is available from the general NISPOM page, so we are not loosing anything by linking to the web page. I do not see any benefit to linking directly to the PDF. --DragonHawk 12:55, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

It was pointed out that this article should be categorized. True. I tried to find some existing categories which fit this article The NISP isn't really an agency per se (it's a program administered by multiple agencies), but that seemed the best fit. I put it under intelligence agencies because ultimately, it's the NSA which drives this stuff. I also put it under DoD agencies because most people associate it with the DoD/DSS. I put it under classified documents because it's one of the definitive references on classified document handling. That cateogory is already used to categorize not just articles about actual classified documents, but the field of classified documents (e.g., sanitization). Finally, I put it under data security because the idea that DoD 5220.22-M is a data security/file wipe standard is a popular misconception. Improvements/suggestions welcome. --DragonHawk 16:15, 28 November 2006 (UTC)