Security in the event of external action
Article 11
1. ‘Security in the event of external action’ means the application of measures designed to ensure the protection of FIDUCIA information by contractors required to carry out work in connection with the maintenance of communication and information systems isolated from the computerised network or when action has to be taken that entails the urgent removal of FIDUCIA information to a place of safety. 2. The security authority may entrust the performance of tasks involving or entailing, under the contract, access to FIDUCIA information to contractors registered in a Member State. 3. The security authority shall ensure that the minimum security standards laid down in this decision and mentioned in the contract are observed when contracts are granted. 4. Members of a contractor's staff may have access to FIDUCIA information only if they have been authorised for that purpose by the security authority on the basis of personnel security clearance issued by the National Security Authority or any other competent security authority in accordance with national laws and regulations. 5. Provisions for implementing this Article are set out in Annex V.