BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SECURITY

1. COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY - refers to the accountability of every Superior to closely

supervise, coordinate, control and monitor the discharge of duties of his subordinates as well as
the responsibility to control and monitor the activities of others who are operating within his
area of jurisdiction and to take preventive measures as warranted by the circumstances.

The director/commander/chief/supervisor of a unit or office shall have command responsibility

over the personnel under his/her supervision and shall have responsibility for all its
assignments, whether accomplished or not.
(http://www.pnp.gov.ph/images/manualsandguides/DHRDD/Chief-of-Police-COP-Manual.pdf)

2. COMPARTMENTATION -  in information security, whether public or private, is the limiting

of access to information to persons or other entities on a need-to-know basis to perform certain
tasks. The concept originated in the handling of classified information in military and
intelligence applications. Hence, varying levels of clearance within organizations exist. Yet, even
if someone has the highest clearance, certain "compartmentalized" information, identified
by codewords referring to particular types of secret information, may still be restricted to certain
operators, even with a lower overall security clearance. Information marked this way is said to
be codeword–classified.
(https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Compartmentalization_(information_security)

Establishment and management of an organization so that information about the person
nel, internal organization, or activities of one component is made available to any other compon
ent only to the extent required for the performance of assigned duties.
(https://www.thefreedictionary.com/compartmentation)

3. BALANCE BETWEEN SECURITY and EFFICIENCY – Security prevails over efficiency (ex.
iKonek)

4. SECURITY IS THE CONCERN OF ALL PERSONNEL – Regardless of rank, position or

designation.