An integrated approach to document regrading with classification assistants

Stottler Henke proposes InfoAssist, an integrated, unobtrusive and networked approach to document classification and dissemination. This system will enable document authors and reviewers to make use of the release and publication history of all content in a particular document when assigning security classifications. Authors will benefit from integrated tracking of a document’s classification while they combine content from multiple sources, all without modification to their existing workflow. Clear descriptions of the classification decisions made by the system will help reviewers choose optimal classification levels to enable dissemination without compromising security. Furthermore, InfoAssist will provide reviewers with the ability to encode and adjust classification policy through a rule-based system. These rules are composed of simple descriptive statements that are made executable through the incorporation of state of the art text and natural language processing techniques. InfoAssist will offer multiple deployment options: The authoring and reviewing tools are separable and will run independently or connected through an InfoAssist server. Additionally, multiple servers can cooperate to track document content and classifications across security boundaries or within large organizations. This allows InfoAssist to be gradually adopted in any environment with varying degrees of connectivity or differing levels of inter- and intra-organization cooperation.