Student Guide

• DOD Initial Orientation and Awareness Student Guide 

Certificate of Completion

• Certificate of Completion

Glossary

• DOD Initial Orientation and Awareness Glossary 

Customizable Template

• Initial Orientation customizable template 

Executive Orders

• E.O. 13526, Classified National Security Information 
• E.O. 13556, Controlled Unclassified Information 

DOD Regulations

• DOD 5200.08-R, Physical Security Program 

DOD Directives

• DODD 5205.02E, Operations Security (OPSEC) Program 
• DODD 5240.06, Counterintelligence Awareness and Reporting (CIAR) 

DOD Instructions

• DODI 5200.02, DOD Personnel Security Program (PSP) 
• DODI 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) 
• DODI 5230.09, Clearance of DOD Information for Public Release 
• DODI 5230.29 Security and Policy Review of DOD Information for Public Release 
• DODI 8510.01, Risk Management Framework for DOD Systems 
• DODI O-2000.16 Volume 1, DOD Antiterrorism Program Implementation: DOD Antiterrorism Program Standards (DOW certificate required to access this document) 

DOD Manuals

• DODM 5105.21, Volume 3, October 19, 2012, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Administrative Security Manual: Administration of Personnel Security, Industrial Security, and Special Activities 
• DODM 5200.01, Volume 1, February 24, 2012, Incorporating Change 3, January 17, 2025, DOD Information Security Program: Overview, Classification, and Declassification 
• DODM 5200.01, Volume 2, February 24, 2012, Incorporating Change 4, July 28, 2020, DOD Information Security Program: Marking of Classified Information 
• DODM 5200.01, Volume 3, February 24, 2012, Incorporating Change 3, July 28, 2020, DOD Information Security Program: Protection of Classified Information 
• DODM 5200.45 Original Classification Authority and Writing a Security Classification Guide 
• DODM 5205.02 DOD Operations Security (OPSEC) Program Manual 

Other Policy Documents

• 32 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 117, National Industrial Operating Program Manual (NISPOM) 
• 32 CFR, Part 2002, Controlled Unclassified Information 
• Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 
• FED-STD-832: Federal Standard Construction Methods and Materials for Vaults 
• FF-L-2740B, Locks, Combination, Electromechanical 
• HSPD-12: Policy for a common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors 
• Presidential Policy Directive-19, Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information 
• Privacy Act of 1974 
• Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD) 3, Reporting 
• Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD) 9, Whistleblower Protection 

Other Resources

• CUSR Website  (North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Briefing Foreword can be accessed from this site) CAC/PIV Required
• Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review (DOPSR) 
• DOD CUI Program 
• DOD CUI Registry 
• National CUI Registry 

Standard Forms

• SF 312 Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement 
• SF 700 Security Container Information 
• SF 701 Activity Security Checklist 
• SF 702 Security Container Check Sheet 
• SF 703 Cover sheet for Top Secret Information 
• SF 704 Cover sheet for Secret Information 
• SF 705 Cover sheet for Confidential Information 
• SF 901 Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) label 

Other Forms

• Department of Defense (DD) Form 254: Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification 
• Department of Defense (DD) Form 1587: Record of Congressional Review 
• Department of Defense (DD) Form 1790: Congressional Review 
• Department of Defense (DD) Form 1910: Clearance Request for Public Release of Department of Defense Information