The National Security Authority (Autorità Nazionale per la Sicurezza – ANS) resorts to the Central Security Office (Ufficio Centrale per la Sicurezza - U.C.Si.) to grant security clearance to persons, bodies, business enterprises and companies having to deal with classified information.
The application procedure to obtain a preventive security clearance is described below.
Enterprises and/or private bodies obtaining a preventive security clearance can deliver classified supplies after adapting - when necessary – their production plants upon instructions of the National Security Authority.
As relates to natural persons who either personally or individually or on behalf of professionals’ associations have to carry out activities deriving from a contract with enterprises and civil or military bodies requiring security clearance, such application shall be submitted only by the enterprise or body employing them, as it is the sole institution responsible for security compliance.
Firms and enterprises doing classified work using software programmes need a specific approval for such programmes. The National Security Authority is supported by the Central Security Office (UCSI) in granting the above mentioned approval.

List of documents necessary to grant security clearance to business enterprises and private bodies.

1. Application to be submitted on the headed paper of the various bodies, business enterprises and companies and signed by their legal representative (fac-simile attached A).
2. Application form to be submitted in two copies to grant security clearance to the business enterprise (fac-simile attached B).
3. Complete certificate of enrolment in the register of companies issued on the current date by the competent Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Craftsmanship and Agriculture, noting the security clearance under the terms of art. 10 and following of Act no.575 of May 31,1965 and subsequent amendments.
4. Criminal records and current charges of all the persons who are legally authorized to represent the business enterprise/firm and to undertake its obligations (Self-certification – D.P.R. 445/2000).

The applicant will be contacted to fulfil subsequent obligations and check the prerequisites which are necessary to develop and complete the application procedure.

List of documents, forms and facsimiles useful to submit an application for an UCSI approval of a software programme to deal with classified information.

1. Application form (under revision)
2. Instructions for drafting the EAD security rules (under revision)
3. List of documents concerning the workstation (under revision)
4. List of documents of medium size systems (under revision)
5. List of documents for big systems (under revision)
6. National guidelines for Security Certification (under revision)
7. Evaluation plan Guidelines (under revision)
8. Security Target/Protection Profile Guidelines (under revision)
9. Evaluation process Guidelines (under revision)