RED/BLACK concept

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Separation of electrical and electronic circuits, components, equipment, and systems that handle classified plain text (RED) information, in electrical signal form, from those that handle unclassified (BLACK) information in the same form.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022 from NSA/CSS Policy 3-12

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