These guidelines are provided to assist NASA Center management in establishing local procedures to meet minimum-security standards, requirements, and specifications for the protection of NASA personnel, CNSI, material, facilities, and resources. Appendices are provided to facilitate uniform conformance throughout NASA. These guidelines have been developed to allow considerable flexibility, using established risk management strategies, to meet unique situations that may exist at NASA Centers.

PURPOSE. This NPG provides internal guidelines and procedures to assist NASA Centers in complying with the minimum standards, requirements, and specifications for the protection of personnel, sensitive unclassified/classified information, material, facilities, and resources in the possession of NASA, as well as the basic information regarding the assignment of management responsibilities. It expands upon and provides clarification of NASA security policy set forth in NPD 1600, NASA Security Policy. It seeks to achieve Agencywide standardization, while implementing risk management principles.

APPLICABILITY. This NPG applies to NASA Headquarters and all NASA Centers, including Component Facilities.