Physically Secure Location definition
Physically Secure Location means a facility or an area, a room, or a group of rooms, within a facility with both the physical and personnel security controls sufficient to protect CHRI and associated information systems. Positive Identification, as provided in Article I(20) of the Compact, means a determination, based upon a comparison of fingerprints1 or other equally reliable biometric identification techniques, that the subject of a record search is the same person as the subject of a criminal history record or records indexed in the III System. Identifications based solely upon a comparison of subjects’ names or other non-unique identification characteristics or numbers, or combinations thereof, shall not constitute positive identification. Public Carrier Network means a telecommunications infrastructure consisting of network components that are not owned, operated, and managed solely by the agency using that network, i.e., any telecommunications infrastructure which supports public users other than those of the agency using that network. Examples of a public carrier network include but are not limited to the following: Dial-up and Internet connections, 1 The Compact Council currently defines positive identification for noncriminal justice purposes as identification based upon a qualifying ten-rolled or qualifying ten-flat fingerprint submission. Further information concerning positive identification may be obtained from the FBI Compact Council office. network connections to Verizon, network connections to AT&T, ATM Frame Relay clouds, wireless networks, wireless links, and cellular telephones. A public carrier network provides network services to the public; not just to the single agency using that network. Security Violation means the failure to prevent or failure to institute safeguards to prevent access, use, retention, or dissemination of CHRI in violation of: (A) Federal or state law, regulation, or Executive Order; or