6 CFR § 7.25 - Identification and markings.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t6/s7.25"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "6 CFR § 7.25 - Identification and markings."
title_number: 6
title_name: "Domestic Security"
section_number: "7.25"
section_name: "Identification and markings."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY"
part_number: "7"
part_name: "CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; Pub. L. 107-296; E.O. 13526; 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 333; E.O. 13142, 64 FR 66089, 3 CFR, 1999 Comp., p. 236; 32 CFR part 2001."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 44095, July 30, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "7"
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# 7.25 Identification and markings.

(a) Classified information, in all forms, must be marked in a manner that is immediately apparent pursuant to the standards set forth in section 1.6 of Executive Order 13526; 32 CFR part 2001, subpart B; and internal DHS guidance approved and distributed by the Office of the Chief Security Officer.

(b) Foreign government information shall retain its original classification markings or be assigned a U.S. classification that provides a degree of protection at least equivalent to that required by the entity that furnished the information.

(c) Information assigned a level of classification under predecessor Executive Orders shall remain classified at that level of classification, except as otherwise provided herein, i.e., the information is reclassified or declassified.