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NSA Classification Guide for ECI Pawleys
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE FOR
ECI PAWLEYS (PAW)
02-19
Effective Date: 14 November 2006
CLASSIFIED BY:
REASON FOR CLASSIFICATION: IA
DECLASSIF ON: 20291123
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE TIT
ECI PAWLEYS (PAW) Classi?cation Guide 02-19
(U) PUBLICATION DATE: 14 November 2006
(U) OFFICE OF ORIGIN: Exploitation Services (S31)
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ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY:
ECI PAWLEYS (PAW) protects clandestine HUMINT and computer network access intended to obtain
information and material. It protects operational details, as well as any equipment, materials, technical
information and some SIGINT capabilities gained as a result of such access.
Description of Information Classi?cation/ Reason
Marking
1. The term PAWLEYS or UNCLASSIFIED
trigraph PAW or any of?cially
registered PAWLEYS project
coverterms standing alone without
reference to a speci?c operation or
target.
2. The term PAWLEYS or
the trigraph PAW in association with FOR OFFICIAL USE
ECI, SA, SIGINT or intelligence. ONLY
(U) GENERAL GUIDELINES AND OPERATIONAL DETAILS
3. (T The fact that SA has TOP 1.4 20291123
requirements for:
0 HUMINT acquisition of foreign
information and
material.
0 acquisition of foreign
information and
material via a Computer
Network Exploitation (CNE)
operation.
4. The details of TOP 1.4 20291123 Some requirements are
PAWLEYS requirements without OFORN or restricted to a subset of
reference to locations or operational 2nd Party partners.
aspects.
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Dmerbdon of Information Classi?cation/ Ream Decks Remarks
Marking
PAWLEYS '10? SEC 1.4 20291123 ('l'Sn'a'SlirRliL) PAWLEYS will apply
protects the following as they are to Cle' operations and tools (and
related to CNE operations: REL resulting information)
ONLY when the operation or tool is
The fact that an operation is tailored to a specific target's
speci?cally intended to acquire system.
or enable the acquisition of
information SUI-URN or some
limited 2nd Party release may be
(2) The success (or lack thereof) in applied. Operational information rs
acquiring or enabling the extremely sensitive and is only
acquisition of the intended diwlged under the strictest of need-
information to-know rules.
(3) The technical details of CNE
tools that are designed for a
specific target's
system.
(4) ryptographie information
collected by a N15 operation
conducted speci?cally for that
PUM-
PAWLEYS '10? SEC 1.4 20291 l23 "Any analysis or
protects the following as they are
related to clandestine
operations:
The material. equipment or
information resulting from a
PAWLEYS operation and the
fact of access.
(2) Any analysis or technical
capability developed as a result
of information.
(3) The location. purpose. time
frame. means of access or any
other operational detail relating
to the planning of or
accomplishment of a clandestine
access.
(4) Any identifying information
regarding assets
involved in PAWLEYS
operations.
PAW
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technical capability" would include
technical papers. notes. software or
other techniques. which could not
have developed without
PAWLEYS information.
or some
limited 2nd Party release may be
applied. Operational information is
extremely sensitive and is only
divulged under the strictest of need-
to-ltnow rules.
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Description of Information Classi?cation! Reason Declans Remarks
Marking
(C) PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS I
7. 'lhc fact that NSA 1.4 20291123
partners with CIA. 1?81. 01A. 0115
or other cntitics to address
PAWLEYS requirements.
8. (S-?u?RliU '111c fan that SE. 050. 1.4 20291123
GCHQ and GCSB all operate
PAWLEYS programs and that NSA
collaborates with each on targets. of
mutual interest.
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