Sensitive Homeland Security Information

Definition

Sensitive Homeland Security Information is

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[a]ny information created or received by an agency or any local, county, state, or tribal government that the loss, misuse, unauthorized disclosure, modification of, or the unauthorized access to could reasonably be expected to impair significantly the capabilities and/or efforts of agencies and/or local, county, state, and tribal personnel to predict, analyze, investigate, deter, prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, or recover from acts of terrorism. SHSI does not include any information that is: Classified as national security information pursuant to Executive Order 12958, as amended, or any successor order. Designated by Executive Order 12951, any successor order, or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. §2011), to require protection against unauthorized disclosure. Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) as defined in 6 C.F.R. §29.2. Sensitive Security Information (SSI) as defined in 49 C.F.R. Part 1520.

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See also

• Sensitive but unclassified information
• Sensitive data
• Sensitive information
• Sensitive personal data
• Sensitive personal information
• Sensitive PII
• Sensitive Security Information