Section 18: Op Sec

Question 1

Which security process uses a cycle to identify, analyze, and control critical information re: activities during all phases of an operation?

Answer 1

Operations security

Question 2

What is a profiling process?

Answer 2

Used to identify op sec vulnerabilities and indicators?

Question 3

What is signature management (op sec) ?

Answer 3

Method used to conceal indicators from observation

Question 4

3 areas of Op Sec

Answer 4

-identify what can be observed by adversaries
-determine what info can be collected from this
-Enact measures to eliminate these vulnerabilities

Question 5

What type of analysis provides a means of weighing risk to operations?

Answer 5

Op Sec

Question 6

5 steps of Op Sec Process?
It’s (a) totally righteous volcano caldera

Answer 6

-Identify information
-Analyze threats
-Analyze vulnerabilities
-Assess risk
-Employ op sec countermeasures

(Info, threats, vulnerabilities, countermeasures, risk)

Question 7

What are op sec security indicators?

Answer 7

Friendly, detectable actions and open-source info that can be analyzed to derive critical info (general term to describe all)

Question 8

5 op sec indicators valuable to adversaries? (space)

Answer 8

-Signatures
-Associations
-Profiles (sum of former 2)
-Contrasts (changes to normal profiles)
-Exposure (when and how long observed)

Question 9

What are op sec signature?

Answer 9

Observable activities/trends that can reveal intel to adversaries

Question 10

What is the profiling process? (op sec)

Answer 10

Research self to find op sec vulnerabilities