DoD Training

Training aids, references, infographics, CUI presentations, DoD Procurement Toolbox

     Marking Tips

      Marking Discrepancies


Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE)

Links to CUI mandatory training course, CDSE home page, security awareness hub, information security page, CUI toolkit, CUI shorts and webinars
 

Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)

Links to the ISOO CUI web page

Marking Tips 

 

                      

 Marking Discrepancies
We first began documenting marking errors in 2023, so those are the baseline numbers. 
In subsequent columns, blue indicates an increase in the number of errors; pink indicates a decrease in the number of errors.                                     
  2023 2024
"CUI" was not placed at the top and bottom of each page. 7% 8%
Markings other than "CUI" were annotated at the top and bottom of each page. 1% 3%
Document did not contain the CUI designation indicator block. 9% 11%
Information was missing from the CUI designation indicator block (e.g., category, LDC, POC)   4% 7%
If portion markings were applied, they were not applied uniformly throughout the document. 1% 3%
Products were mismarked as CUI. 1% 3%
Products that contained CUI were not marked. 7% 5%
NOFORN was inappropriately applied. .2% .1%
Total number of documents reviewed 48,621 26,033