MDA MILC Attachment 3a CUI Marking Trifold

CUI Mar k in g T r i f o l d f o r
MDA Industry Partners

CHOOSING APPLICABLE CUI

CATEGORY(IES)

1.

CHOOSING APPLICABLE CUI

CATEGORY(IES)

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CUI Category

Confirm product contains CUI
• Refer to Common MDA CUI Categories and Marking
abbreviations below

COVER/1st PAGE MARKINGS

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Category
Marking

Proprietary Manufacturer

MFC

Protected Critical Infrastructure Information

PCII

Secrecy Orders

PSEC

Small Business Research and Technology

SBIZ

Source Selection

SSEL

CUI Category

Category
Marking

Budget (e.g., Program or Agency level budget
information or funding status prior to public release)

BUDG

Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information - Defense

DCNI

CONTRACT

Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information - Energy

UCNI

Whistleblower Identity

WHSTL

Contract Use
Controlled Technical Information
(e.g., add/use CTI with EXPT or EXPTR)

CTI

DoD Critical Infrastructure Security Information

DCRIT

Emergency Management (e.g., COOP)

EMGT

Export Controlled (e.g., add/use CTI with EXPT)

EXPT

Export Controlled Research (e.g., research
projects, studies, SBIRS, etc., and add/use CTI with

EXPTR)

EXPTR

General Intelligence

INTEL

General Privacy

PRVCY

General Procurement and Acquisition (e.g., Acq
level planning/scheduling/budgeting information, etc.
prior to public release)

General Proprietary Business Information (e.g.,
company burn-rates/cost data, marketing info, etc.)

PROCURE

PROPIN

Health Information (e.g., requests for reasonable
accommodation, COVID status, etc.)

HLTH

Information Systems Vulnerability Information

ISVI

Inventions

INVENT

International Agreement Information
(e.g., Foreign Disclosure, MOU/MOA, Joint Projects,
Security Agreements, etc. prior to international
partner public release)

Military Personnel Records

INTL

MIL

Operations Security (NOTE: To use the OPSEC
category, the information must be on the MDA or DoD
Program OPSEC Critical Information List (CIL)

OPSEC

Patent Applications

APP

Personnel Records

PERS

Physical Security

PHYS

A complete list of CUI Categories can be found on the
DoD CUI Registry: https://www.dodcui.mil

BANNER, PORTION & PAGE MARKINGS

2. Apply applicable Banner and Portion Markings
Unclassified products containing CUI are marked as follows: • Banners must be marked CUI (top and bottom with
conspicuously bold text on ALL pages)
• No Portion Marking required (IF you choose to portion mark, you MUST mark all portions

4. List all CUI Categories in the CUI Designation
Indicator that were selected in Step 1
NOTE: If a product is updated, repeat Step 1 to confirm