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<p>Everyone who works with Government (including staff, contractors and service providers)
has a duty of confidentiality and a responsibility to safeguard any HM Government
information or data that they access, irrespective of whether it is marked or not,
and must be provided with appropriate training. Access to sensitive information must
ONLY be granted on the basis of a genuine 'need to know' and an appropriate personnel
security control.</p><p> </p><p>All Ministry of Defence personnel sign the Official
Secrets Act Declaration upon employment and must complete annual mandatory security
training which includes how to handle all Defence information.</p><p> </p><p>Information
passed to partners should only be provided to international organisations, foreign
governments, and their commercial or industrial entities, in cases where: There is
a clear need to know; The international partner has demonstrated both the ability
and willingness to protect UK classified information; and appropriate protective security
arrangements have been agreed with the recipient.</p><p> </p><p>Any decision to provide
UK classified information to international partners must be taken on a risk managed
basis by departments and agencies, noting that the threats to information may differ
from those in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>For UK contractors, the prior approval of the
relevant Department or agency must be obtained before HMG classified assets are released
overseas.</p><p> </p><p>Roles with access to sensitive information may also require
the postholder to have an appropriate national security vetting clearance; as part
of that process applicants’ ongoing overseas connections will be considered, and if
a risk is identified as a result of such connections additional risk mitigation will
be considered.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, caveats are used - the caveat UK Eyes Only
is intended to limit access to UK nationals. Further information can be found in the
May-2018_Government-Security-Classifications-2.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</p>
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