Communications Security Services

Reference document

Title: Communications Security Services

Description: The Communications Security (COMSEC) Services prevent unauthorized interceptors from accessing telecommunications in an intelligible form, while still delivering the content to the intended recipients. COMSEC methods include cryptosecurity, transmission security, emission security, traffic-flow security and physical security of COMSEC equipment. COMSEC is used to protect both classified and unclassified traffic on military communications networks, including voice, video, and data. It is used for both analog and digital applications, and both wired and wireless links.

Level: 7

emUUID: 83ad154b-3e76-485d-8e72-04a22ea70be8

Parent: Communications Access CIS Security Services

Usage

Service Profiles

The following CIO serviceprofiles references this taxonomy node. For each serviceprofile, we list the standards which will be used to implement the functionality described in the taxonomy node:

NINE ISPEC
- Networking and Information Infrastructure (NII) Internet Protocol (IP) Network Encryptor – Interoperability Specification (NINE ISPEC) (AComp-4787 Ed A Ver 1:2018)
Inter-Autonomous Systems IP Communications Security Profile
- CIS Security Technical and Implementation Directive on Cryptographic Security and Mechanisms for the Protection of NATO Information within NNN & IO CIS (AC/322-D(2015)0031:2015)
- CIS Security Technical and Implementation Directive on Cryptographic Security and Mechanisms for the Protection of NATO Information within NNN & IO CIS (AC/322-D(2015)0031:2015)
Traffic Flow Confidentiality Protection Profile