OPSEC-2500 3-6 March 2015 Flashcards
The purpose of Operations Security is to enhance mission or operational effectiveness.
OPSEC can contribute to enhance mission effectiveness, protection of personnel, reduced costs and can assist leadership with decision making.
OPSEC is a risk analysis.
The most important member of the OPSEC team is Senior Leadership.
OPSEC looks at the value of unclassified information from the adversary and the freindly perspectives,
OPSEC program should be designed to help integrate OPSEC into the planning process, fix problems as they arise during the preparation phase of an operation and implement countermeasures throughout the planning, preparation and execution.
Essential secrecy refers to that level of secrecy necessary to achieve mission goals.
The OPSEC Program manager is responsible for:
Plan the OPSEC Program, develop the organization’s OPSEC policy, manage the program, develop critical information list, analyze threats, assess vulnerabilites and determine risk.
Develop and implement countermeasures, conduct training, establish and lead OPSEC Working Group, develop OPSEC plans
Conduct assessments, raise OPSEC awareness, advise leadership, deiver briefings and enhance staff proficiencies.
National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 298 defines OPSEC as a process of 5 steps.
Ronald Reagan 1988
An OPSEC working group represents all functional areas of the organization.
Critical Information is specific facts about our intentions , capabilities and activities needed by the adversary to act effectively against us.
OPSEC working group member training should include OPSEC analytical process and threat assessments.
EEFI is essential elements of friendly information
The working group should help the Program Manager develop, review or revise your Critical Information List and develop and implement your organizations’ OPSEC awareness training.
An adversary can be a disgruntled empoyee, anyone with objectives that counter ours, or an enemy.
Coordinators have 4 main roles:
- implementation of policies, procedures and training
- gathering of information for reporting requirements
- providing feedback on program effectiveness
- assisting in conducting of assessments
We determine critical information from both friendly and adversary perspectives.
Leadership can demonstrate their support of the OPSEC program by acting as chair of your OPSEC Working Group and bringing ip OPSEC in meetings with middle management; including OPSEC in planning for operations and special events and including OPSEC actions in the awards program.
To look at critical information from the adversary’s point of view, determine what strategies we might expect them to use to achieve their objectives.
Continuity book should include at a minimum your appointment letter, the local OPSEC policy and your OPSEC Program plan and should be enough background to help your replacement get started.
Placing a vaue on each item of the critical information helps simplify the risk assessment by providing a measure of impact.
OPSEC officer should work with Public Affairs mission
Threat is defined as an adversary with both intent and capability to harm us, our operation or our resources.
Webmasters should not be trainined in OPSEC to edit information posted, this is not their job.
When completing a threat assessment your should also consider the friends of the adversary.
Having OPSEC Program Plan helps you keep track of what you need to accomplish annually.
Endorsement of your OPSEC Program Plan by senior leadership gives you the authority to carry out the program.
OPSEC program plan should include training and awareness requirements.
Intent is an estimation of the probability an adversary will act against us.
OPSEC Program manager’s “need to know” coordination circle should include:
Public Affairs Pre-publication review
Webmaster Contracts
FOIA
Foreign Disclosure
AT/FP
Capability encompasses the adversary’s ability to collect information, complete intelligence analysis and use that intelligence to act against friendly interests.
FOIA signed into law 1966 and amended in 2002 allows for the full or partial disclosure of information and documents controlled by the US governement.
