Chesapeake Bay Chapter
NCMS was founded in 1964 by a group of government and industry security classification managers and administrators who recognized the importance of establishing a society, national in scope, to advance the practice of Classification Management as a profession.
Today, the Society has over 2,000 members in the United States and overseas including representatives from NATO countries. Within the U.S., members come from the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Department of State, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, General Accounting Office--virtually every Federal agency that deals with classification--and from the civilian contractors who work with these agencies. As the Society has grown over the years, its focus has also expanded. NCMS now provides professional development for its members in the field of classification management, information security, personnel security, computer security, operations security (OPSEC), facility security, and technology security.
Mission
The purpose of the Chesapeake Bay NCMS Chapter is to advance the practice of classification management in the disciplines of industrial security, information security, government designated unclassified information, and intellectual property and to foster the highest qualities of security professionalism among its Members.
Vision
The Chesapeake Bay NCMS Chapter shall develop and promote education and training of members in the application of requirements of industrial security as described in the National Industrial Security Program, classification management principles, practices, procedures, and techniques in protecting government designated unclassified information and intellectual property support the advancement of professionalism through a formal certification program recognized by government and industry and support NCMS by participating on U.S. government and professional security councils, committees, boards and forums and through formal comment, proposal, petition, and coordination.
