---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 7.25"
title: "6"
number: "7.25"
heading: "Identification and markings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/7.25"
---

# §7.25. Identification and markings.

- (a) Classified information, in all forms, must be marked in a manner that is immediately apparent pursuant to the standards set forth in [section 1.6](/cfr/6/1.6.md) of Executive Order 13526; [32 CFR part 2001](/cfr/32/part2001.md), [subpart B](/cfr/6/subpartB.md); and internal DHS guidance approved and distributed by the Office of the Chief Security Officer.
- (b) Foreign government information shall retain its original classification markings or be assigned a U.S. classification that provides a degree of protection at least equivalent to that required by the entity that furnished the information.
- (c) Information assigned a level of classification under predecessor Executive Orders shall remain classified at that level of classification, except as otherwise provided herein, i.e., the information is reclassified or declassified.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; Pub. L. 107-296; E.O. 13526; 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 333; E.O. 13142, 64 FR 66089, 3 CFR, 1999 Comp., p. 236; 32 CFR part 2001.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 44095, July 30, 2014, unless otherwise noted.