Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories, Volume 2: Appendices
APPENDIX D: IMPACT DETERMINATION FOR MISSION-BASED > D.6 Natural Resources > D.6.2

D.6.2 Conservation, Marine and Land Management Information Type Conservation, Marine and Land Management involves the responsibilities of surveying, maintaining, and operating public lands and monuments, as well as activities devoted to ensuring the preservation of land, water, wildlife, and natural resources, both domestically and internationally. It also includes the sustainable stewardship of natural resources on federally owned/controlled lands for commercial use (mineral mining, grazing, forestry, fishing, etc.). The recommended provisional categorization of the conservation, marine, and land management information type follows: Security Category = {(confidentiality, Low), (integrity, Low), (availability, Low)} The confidentiality impact level is the effect of unauthorized disclosure of conservation, marine, and land management information on the ability of responsible agencies to survey, maintain, and operate public lands and monuments, as well as to ensure the preservation of land, water, wildlife, and natural resources, both domestically and internationally. The consequences of unauthorized disclosure of most conservation, marine, and land management information would have a limited adverse effect on agency operations, agency assets, or individuals. Special Factors Affecting Confidentiality Impact Determination: There may be some cases for which moderate confidentiality impact is associated with unauthorized disclosure of private or proprietary information associated with use of federally owned/controlled lands for commercial use (mineral mining, grazing, forestry, fishing, etc.). Additionally, unauthorized disclosure of details of current agency conservation, marine, and land management activities and plans may focus opposition and/or give an unfair advantage to competing interests. Consistent premature disclosure of agency plans may cause significant degradation in mission capability. Also, conservation, marine, and land management include enforcement functions (e.g., the policing of marine fisheries). Confidentiality impacts associated with criminal apprehension, criminal investigation and surveillance, citizen protection, and property protection may cause the confidentiality impact of enforcement-related information to be moderate or high. Recommended Confidentiality Impact Level: The provisional confidentiality impact recommended for most conservation, marine, and land management information is low. not on the time required to detect the modification or destruction of information. The consequences of unauthorized modification or destruction of conservation, marine, and land management information depend on whether the information is time-critical. Special Factors Affecting Integrity Impact Determination: Unauthorized modification or destruction of information affecting external communications associated with conservation, marine, and land management information (e.g., web pages, electronic mail) may adversely affect operations and/or public confidence in the agency, but the damage to the mission would usually be limited. Conservation, marine, and land management include enforcement functions (e.g., the policing of marine fisheries). Integrity impacts associated with criminal apprehension, criminal investigation and surveillance, citizen protection, and property protection may cause the integrity impact of enforcement-related information to be moderate. Particularly during fire season, the integrity of land management information critical to fire-fighting operations can affect the safety of human life and large-scale property damage. Such information can have a high integrity impact level. Recommended Integrity Impact Level: The provisional integrity impact level recommended for most conservation, marine, and land management information is low. mission, not on the time required to re-establish access to conservation, marine, and land management information. Typically, missions supported by conservation, marine, and land management information are tolerant of delay. Special Factors Affecting Availability Impact Determination: Conservation, marine, and land management include enforcement functions (e.g., the policing of marine fisheries). Availability impacts associated with criminal apprehension, criminal investigation and surveillance, citizen protection, and property protection may cause the availability impact of enforcement-related information to be moderate or high. Particularly during fire season, the availability of land management information critical to fire-fighting operations can affect the safety of human life and large-scale property damage. Such information can have a high availability impact level. Recommended Availability Impact Level: The provisional availability impact level recommended for most conservation, marine, and land management information is low.