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COMSEC account audit

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-000825

Inventory and reconciliation of the holdings, records, and procedures of a COMSEC account ensuring all accountable COMSEC material is properly handled and safeguarded. An audit must include an administrative review of procedures, a 100% sighting of all TOP SECRET keying material marked CRYPTO (both physical and electronic) to include hand receipt holders, and a random sampling of all other applicable material (including other keying material, classified and unclassified COMSEC equipment on hand in the account, and on hand receipt).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-000825
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesCNSSI 4009-2022; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000825",
  "term": "COMSEC account audit",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "Inventory and reconciliation of the holdings, records, and procedures of a COMSEC account ensuring all accountable COMSEC material is properly handled and safeguarded. An audit must include an administrative review of procedures, a 100% sighting of all TOP SECRET keying material marked CRYPTO (both physical and electronic) to include hand receipt holders, and a random sampling of all other applicable material (including other keying material, classified and unclassified COMSEC equipment on hand in the account, and on hand receipt).",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/comsec-account-audit/"
}

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