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COMSEC custodian

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-000832

1. An individual designated by proper authority to be responsible for the receipt, transfer, accountability, safeguarding, and destruction of COMSEC material assigned to a COMSEC account. This applies to both primary accounts and subaccounts. The equivalent key management infrastructure (KMI) position is the KMI operating account (KOA) manager.

2. Individual designated by proper authority to be responsible for the receipt, transfer, accounting, safeguarding, and destruction of COMSEC material assigned to a COMSEC account.
Rationale: Term has been replaced by the term “COMSEC account manager”.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-000832
FieldCybersecurity
SynonymsCOMSEC account manager
ReferencesCNSSI 4009-2015 from CNSSI 4005; CNSSI 4009-2022 from CNSSI 4005; CNSSI 4009-2015 from NSA/CSS Manual Number 3-16 (COMSEC); NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000832",
  "term": "COMSEC custodian",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. An individual designated by proper authority to be responsible for the receipt, transfer, accountability, safeguarding, and destruction of COMSEC material assigned to a COMSEC account. This applies to both primary accounts and subaccounts. The equivalent key management infrastructure (KMI) position is the KMI operating account (KOA) manager.\n\n2. Individual designated by proper authority to be responsible for the receipt, transfer, accounting, safeguarding, and destruction of COMSEC material assigned to a COMSEC account.\nRationale: Term has been replaced by the term “COMSEC account manager”.",
  "synonyms": [
    "COMSEC account manager"
  ],
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from CNSSI 4005; CNSSI 4009-2022 from CNSSI 4005",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from NSA/CSS Manual Number 3-16 (COMSEC)",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/comsec-custodian/"
}

Record 832 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.