Talk:National Industrial Security Program

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Contents 1 PDF vs web page 2 Categories 3 Warning says "reads like an advertisement" 4 C&SM rev date

[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)

Agreed. However, the link to the general NISPOM page has also changed now. At least update the current link so it is not broken. --Ryan Simoens, 0927, 25 September 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.175.225.22 (talk) 14:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out. Feel free to be bold and make such improvements yourself!  :) —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 06:33, 25 November 2007 (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)

[edit] Warning says "reads like an advertisement"

As a government contractor I have done extensive work in the security field and with NISPOM. The article appears straightforward to me and does not sound like an "advertisement" for anything.204.249.77.1 15:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)MikeReed

"Me too." I have asked the Wikipedian who added that tag to please comment here. —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 02:13, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay, user never explained, I've removed the tag. —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 01:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] C&SM rev date

EvilCouch changed the date on the cite for the C&SM (Clearing and Sanitization Matrix) to 28 June 2007. Mr. Couch is correct in that that's the date given in the document itself. The 12 Nov 2007 date I gave in my original cite was based on this DSS web page, which states "Clearing & Santization Matrix (06/28/07, revised 11/12/2007)". I'm not really sure what the "most correct" action here is. I suppose it could just be the link that was revised, or something else trivial like that, and not the actual document. That would prefer the June date. Or it could be the document was revised, but they forgot to change the date in the document. That would prefer the Nov date. Lacking a better idea, I'm gonna leave it at the June date, but wanted to note this info here. —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 03:19, 25 December 2007 (UTC)