Controlled Unclassified Information program

E23957

U.S. federal information security program information handling framework

The Controlled Unclassified Information program is a U.S. federal initiative that standardizes how sensitive but unclassified information is marked, handled, and protected across government agencies and their partners.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Controlled Unclassified Information	5
Controlled Unclassified Information program canonical	2
Controlled Unclassified Information Registry	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T187144 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Controlled Unclassified Information program
Context triple: [Information Security Oversight Office, oversees, Controlled Unclassified Information program]

A. National Industrial Security Program
The National Industrial Security Program is a U.S. government initiative that establishes uniform policies and procedures for safeguarding classified information released to industry.
B. National Intelligence Program
The National Intelligence Program is the U.S. federal budget framework that funds and coordinates the activities of civilian and military intelligence agencies to support national security decision-making.
C. National Cybersecurity Protection System
The National Cybersecurity Protection System is a U.S. federal program that provides intrusion detection, prevention, and other security capabilities to help protect government networks from cyber threats.
D. Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 is a U.S. federal law that facilitates the sharing of cyber threat information between private companies and the government to improve national cybersecurity while addressing privacy and civil liberties concerns.
E. Strategic Computing Initiative
The Strategic Computing Initiative was a major 1980s U.S. defense research program aimed at advancing artificial intelligence, machine vision, and high-performance computing for military applications.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Controlled Unclassified Information program
Target entity description: The Controlled Unclassified Information program is a U.S. federal initiative that standardizes how sensitive but unclassified information is marked, handled, and protected across government agencies and their partners.

A. National Industrial Security Program
The National Industrial Security Program is a U.S. government initiative that establishes uniform policies and procedures for safeguarding classified information released to industry.
B. National Intelligence Program
The National Intelligence Program is the U.S. federal budget framework that funds and coordinates the activities of civilian and military intelligence agencies to support national security decision-making.
C. National Cybersecurity Protection System
The National Cybersecurity Protection System is a U.S. federal program that provides intrusion detection, prevention, and other security capabilities to help protect government networks from cyber threats.
D. Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 is a U.S. federal law that facilitates the sharing of cyber threat information between private companies and the government to improve national cybersecurity while addressing privacy and civil liberties concerns.
E. Strategic Computing Initiative
The Strategic Computing Initiative was a major 1980s U.S. defense research program aimed at advancing artificial intelligence, machine vision, and high-performance computing for military applications.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal information security program ⓘ information handling framework ⓘ
administeredBy	Information Security Oversight Office ⓘ National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
aimsTo	create a uniform government-wide CUI policy ⓘ reduce over-control and under-control of sensitive information ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. federal executive branch agencies ⓘ linked to: U.S. federal agencies federal contractors ⓘ federal grant recipients ⓘ other authorized non-federal partners ⓘ
basedOn	Executive Order 13556 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
defines	CUI categories ⓘ CUI decontrol procedures ⓘ CUI dissemination controls ⓘ CUI marking requirements ⓘ CUI safeguarding requirements ⓘ
governedBy	32 CFR Part 2002 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	CUI program ⓘ
implementedThrough	CUI Registry ⓘ agency CUI policies ⓘ
involves	controlling dissemination of CUI ⓘ marking CUI on documents and media ⓘ safeguarding CUI in information systems ⓘ safeguarding CUI in physical environments ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. Federal Government ⓘ linked to: United States government
monitoredBy	Information Security Oversight Office ⓘ
objective	ensure adequate protection of sensitive but unclassified information ⓘ improve information sharing across agencies and partners ⓘ reduce inconsistent agency-specific control markings ⓘ
regulates	Controlled Unclassified Information ⓘ
relatedTo	Federal Information Security Modernization Act ⓘ linked to: Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 National Industrial Security Program ⓘ
replaced	For Official Use Only markings in many contexts ⓘ agency-specific sensitive but unclassified markings ⓘ
requires	formal designation of CUI by authorized holders ⓘ review and decontrol of CUI when protection is no longer required ⓘ training for personnel handling CUI ⓘ
requiresComplianceWith	NIST SP 800-171 for non-federal systems handling CUI ⓘ
scopeExcludes	classified national security information ⓘ publicly releasable information ⓘ
standardizes	handling of sensitive but unclassified information ⓘ marking of sensitive but unclassified information ⓘ protection of sensitive but unclassified information ⓘ
usesMarking	CUI banner markings ⓘ CUI category markings ⓘ CUI designation indicators ⓘ

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