A system to automate an overall document classification mark determination, for information of an electronic document in accordance with an information security classification process, said system comprising at least one computer system, where said at least one computer system comprising at least one computer readable electronic storage medium, where said at least one computer readable electronic storage medium comprising at least one software engine, where said at least one software engine comprising:
- a. establish an electronic document security regimen comprising of at least one criterion of an information security classification and marking process on said computer system,
- b. establish a hierarchal algorithm associated with said at least one criterion of said electronic document security regimen,
- c. establish an overall document mark for security classification of information of an electronic document from said hierarchal algorithm, where said hierarchal algorithm uses at least one classification mark existing for at least one informational portion of said electronic document, and
- d. insert said overall document mark into said electronic document.