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Herein, what are the three authorized sources for derivative classification?

Within the Department of Defense (DoD) there are three authorized sources for classification guidance: a security classification guide (SCG), a properly marked source document, and the DD Form 254, “Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification.”

One may also ask, who can perform derivative classification? All cleared DoD civilian, military, and contractor personnel who generate or create classified material from authorized classified sources are derivative classifiers. One of the most important responsibilities derivative classifiers have is to analyze and correct the original classification authority's decisions.

Hereof, what is derivative classification?

''Derivative classification'' means the incorporating, paraphrasing, restating, or generating in new form information that is already classified, and marking the newly developed material consistent with the classification markings that apply to the source information.

What does contained in mean in derivative classification?

Derivative classification is the process of determining whether information that is to be included in a document or material has been classified and, if it has, ensuring that it is identified as classified information by marking or similar means.