Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 5200.47E
September 4, 2015
Incorporating Change 3, December 22, 2020
USD(R&E)
SUBJECT: Anti-Tamper (AT)
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This directive:
a. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for AT protection of critical program
information (CPI) in accordance with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.02 (Reference (a)) and
DoDI 5200.39 (Reference (b)).
b. Designates the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
(USD(AT&L)) as the Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) responsible for oversight of the DoD AT
program and policy, in accordance with the DoD Directive (DoDD) 5101.1 (Reference (c)).
c. Designates the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) as the DoD Executive Agent (EA) for
AT in accordance with Reference (c).
d. Incorporates and cancels USD(AT&L) memorandums (References (d) and (e)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This directive applies to:
a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this directive as the “DoD
Components”).
b. All DoD activities, research, development, test, and evaluation programs, urgent
operational needs programs, international cooperative programs, foreign military sales, direct
commercial sales, excess defense article transfers, and any other exports in which CPI is resident
within the end item.
