Section 14F - Electronic Communication and the Internet Flashcards
Email transmits information electronically over _____-based messaging systems.
Computer-based.
How does the Air Force ensure secure email messaging?
Through guidelines that ensure standardized and responsible use by all Air Force.
In identity management, what elements is vital to message security?
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and CAC.
______ authenticates an email sender’s identity using a digital signature and message encryption and decryption.
PKI
Current Air Force guidance contains information about the use of PKI to send and receive email. T/F
False. (It is used to sign and encrypt email.)
Describe the Defense Message System(DMS)
It is the core message system of record fro the DoD and Air Force-interfacing to other US government agencies, allied forces and defense contractors.
Describe the Defense Message System (DMS).
It is the core message system of record for the DoD and Air Force - interfacing to other US government agencies, allied forces and defense contractors.
The Defense Message System was developed by the Air Force. T/F
False. (It is commercial off-the-shelf application.)
To whom does DMS provide messaging and interface?
DMS provides messaging to all DoD users (including deployed tactical users) and interfaces with other US Gov. agencies, allied forces and defense contractors.
What are the two classes of official Air Force email?
1) Organizational Defense Message System(DMS) High Grade Service(HGS); and 2) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(SMTP)
Messages of which email class are directive in nature or require message release authority?
Original Defense Message System (DMS) High Grade Service (HGS).
Which email class includes messages to commit military resources, make formal requests or provide command positions?
Organizational DMS HGS
Which email class includes individual or organizational messages that do not promise or direct an organization?
SMTP
In the SMTP email class, how are official messages signed?
Digitally. (They are also encrypted.)
Unofficial SMTP email require a digital signature and encryption. T/F
False.
What system electronically transmits official tasking to organizational addresses?
HGS. (Do not send official tasking to individual addresses.)
Who must ensure tasking sent by email are received by the intended recipient?
The sender.
What must the receiver of an email tasking ensure?
The accuracy of the tasking.
When may Air Force members and civilian employees use a government-provided messaging system?
FOUO only. (All systems are subject to monitoring.)
When sending email, where should you place any special message handling instructions?
In the message body, after the classification and before the actual text. (Place handling instructions for HGS within the “handling instructions” field in the Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) tab.)
Never auto-forward email from the “.mil” domain to a local ISP. T/F
True.
When is it appropriate to routinely add slogans, quotes, special backgrounds, special stationaries, digital images or unusual fonts to your official or individual emails?
It is never appropriate. (Always consider the AF’s professional image and conservation of AF network resources (bandwidth))
Individuals will not send harassing, intimidating, abusive or offensive material to, or about, others via email. T/F
True.
What law requires agencies to safeguard the security and confidentiality of records and protect personal privacy?
The Privacy Act of 1974.