Executive Order 13292

On March 25,2003, President (www.fas.org-bush) Under this amendment, the ISOO looks over "the security classification programs in both Government and industry and [report] agencies and offices, and their major component" (www.archives.gov). Executive Order 12958 talks about the different classification levels of documents. Level one is "Top Secret" which means that the information it contains may "cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security"(www.fas.org-clinton). Level two is "secret" which states that it can "cause serious damage to the national security" (fas.org-clinton). The final level of classification, level three, is "Confidential." This level can simply "cause damage to the national security" (www.fas.org-clinton). The Information Security oversight office is in charge of holding information at different levels such as these, and protecting them so they do not get out until they are no longer a threat to national security.