Radio Flashcards
What do the green and red lights on the red phone indicate?
(Cipher) Green is secured/encrypted
(Plain) Red is unsecured/unencrypted
What is Momsen’s voice call sign and when is it used?
Lucky Swede, when talking on an insecure net
What does TPI stand for?
Two Person Integrity
What is TPI (Two Person Integrity)
A system set in place that makes sure not one person has access to encrypted material
What does KMI stand for?
Key Management Infrastructure
What does the EKMS-1E provide us with?
The minimum policies for handling, safeguarding, issuing, and disposal of COMSEC
What are 4 ways to dispose classified material?
- Shredding
- Mulching (pulping)
- Burning
- Chemical Disintegration
What are the 3 categories of emergency destruction?
- Keying material
- COMSEC Documents
- COMSEC Equipment
What is compromise?
A disclosure of data or information to unauthorized personnel
What is a COMSEC incident?
Any uninvestigated or unevaluated occurrence that has the potential to jeopardize the security of COMSEC material
What are the 4 classifications?
- Top Secret
- Secret
- Confidential
- Unclassified
What are the 5 precedences of messages?
- Critic
- Flash
- Immediate
- Priority
- Routine
How much time do we have to process each message?
Critic - 3 minutes Flash - 10 minutes Immediate - 30 minutes Priority - 3 hours Routine - 6 hours
What is minimize?
A condition imposed to reduce message traffic
Who decides when and how to minimize?
TYCOM (Local)
Joint Chiefs of Staff (Global)
Whose permission do we need to send out message traffic during minimize?
CO
What is EEFI?
Essential
Elements of
Friendly
Information
When you hear Beadwindow on an unsecured circuit, what does it mean?
Brings attention to all operators that (EEFI) has been spilled