• Technology information, which includes both classified and unclassified
    - Militarily Critical Technology:
        o Any technology that would allow potential adversaries to make significant advances in the development, production, and use of military capabilities
        o Department of Defense maintains a list of applicable technology
        o Export is strictly controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
        o Illegal export of this technology often results in fines and/or criminal charges
    - Dual Use Technology:
        o Technology that has both military and commercial use
        o Export is strictly controlled and enforced under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
        o Illegal export of this technology often results in fines and/or criminal charges
• Contingency plans
• Personnel information
• Programs, deployments, response procedures

Top 10 Targeted Technologies
• Information systems
• Aeronautics including technology related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
• Lasers and optics
• Sensors
• Marine systems
• Positioning, navigation, and time
• Electronics
• Non-Developing Science & Technologies List (DSTL) technology
• Armaments and energetic materials
• Materials and processing

To view the most up-to-date information on targeted technology and information, refer to the Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Trend Analysis of Defense Reporting from Industry report. This report is accessed within the Counterintelligence section of the DSS website at www.dss.mil.

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Remember that all posts should meet the following standards (from "10 Rules for Responsible Blogging " by Daniel Scocco:

• Check your facts: technology makes it incredibly easy to produce and share content nowadays. The result is that information is spreading like fire through social networks, bookmarking sites and blogs. Unfortunately we are talking about both correct and incorrect information. Make sure to check your facts before publishing posts or articles, else you might not only look dumb, but also misinform and damage other people.
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• Consider the implications: as mentioned before information on the Internet spreads like fire. Consider the implications of what you write, and remember that once you hit “Publish” you will immediately lose control over those words.
• Give credit where credit is due: always reference your sources. If you do not want to mention an external website on your content just add a link at the end of the post saying “Via: Reference.com”. This practice is not only important under an ethical point of view, but it also ensures that readers can eventually dig to the root of the facts. Secondly even if you are using free templates or open source software like Wordpress make sure to credit the authors.

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