URE 3 Flashcards by M Z

This component of the Global Information Grid (GIG) consists of those items that are necessary to directly connect the warfighter to the global network

Warrior component

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This characteristic of the GIG ensures seamless transmission of information between different service branches

Common policy and standards

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Who bears the responsibility for maintenance & sustaining the base portion of the Defense Information System Network (DISN)?

The service that owns the installation

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Which segment of the DISN may be a person in the deployed AOR or a person sitting in a fixed location thousands of miles from combat?

Deployed warfighter

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What type of router is stubbed off of a Hub router and provides network access to single base, post, camp, or station, and have subscriber connections via LANs, hosts, and terminals?

Premise router

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What is the difference between a hub router and a premise router

Hub routers are interconnected via the Defense Information Systems Agency Asynchronous Transfer Mode (DATM) network

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How are non-internet protocols sent across the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET)?

Encapsulated by the internet protocol before being transmitted across the SIPRNET

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Which is an internet protocol encryption device that can be directly connected to Red local area networks?

KG-84

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What provides a conduit for Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS) data transmission from one location to another?

DISN backbone

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What concerns slowed the military’s adoption of wireless network technology?

Security and reliability

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What is the first step in merging voice, data, and video networks into one integrated network w/in the USAF?

Integrating traditional TDM switches w/ voice over IP (VOIP) systems

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Besides limiting connections to the GIG, what other Combat Information Transport Systems (CITS) initiative will help increase network security?

Eliminating the MAJCOM NOSC concept & integrating the functions into two Integrated NOSCs

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Which organization is responsible for the design, acquisition, and single systems management of the Defense Switched Network (DSN)?

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

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How is responsiveness provided in the DSN?

Precedence access thresholding

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What type of DSN precedence call cannot be preempted?

Priority

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*What is the maximum asynchronous data rate for the Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN)?

19.2 Kbps

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While you are using the Red Switch, what feature lets you know that you have dialed the correct number at the proper level of security?

LCD

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What is the purpose of the standardized tactical entry point terminal?

Provide a foxhole to National Command Authority link for commanders

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The GPS program is responsible for maintaining GPS time to w/in how many seconds of universal time code?

1 microsecond

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Which security program is covered under AFI 10-701?

OPSEC

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*What security program is defined as a process of ID’ing critical information and subsequently analyzing friendly actions attendant to military operations and other activities?

OPSEC

*Providing a list where and why the information will be disclosed outside the DoD best describes which mandatory item of a Privacy Act Statement?

Routine use

What form is used as a cover sheet to protect Privacy Act material?

AF Form 3227

Guidance for posting information on USAF web sites is outlined in

AFI 33-129

Official guidance on individual security clearances and permitting access to classified information can be found in

AFI 31-501

Disclosure of information that would result in the loss, misuse, modification or unauthorized access that might adversely affect national security would best be described as

Sensitive but unclassified

What is the COMSEC program designed to do?

Detect and correct procedural weaknesses that could expose critical information

What reference would you use for guidance on USAF messaging?

AFI 33-119

Which form is used w/ a transfer report to accompany a COMSEC package?

SF 153

*What form is used as a visitor register log to record visitors into restricted areas?

AF Form 1109

*An uninvestigated or unevaluated occurrence that potentially jeopardizes the security of COMSEC material or the secure transmission of government information is best described as a COMSEC

Incident

Which organization assigns communication security incident report case numbers?

Air Force Communications Agency (AFCA)

*When are final reports of a communication security incident due?

30 days after the initial report is issued

The Air Force Information Assurance Program is detailed in

AFI 33-200

*Which applied discipline applies measures and controls to protect data in computer systems against unauthorized, disclosure, modification, or destruction?

COMPUSEC

What best describes an unintended signal or noise appearing external to a piece of communications equipment?

Emanation

An unclassified term referring to technical investigations for compromising emanations from electrically operated data processing equipment is known as

Telecommunications Electronic Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions (TEMPEST)

Which condition exists when there is no apparent terrorist activity against computer networks?

INFOCON 5 (no activity; ops performance monitored; password systems in use)

*Which condition requires the mandate of increased monitoring of all network system activities when an increased risk of attack is present?

INFOCON 4 (increased risk; Internet usage may be restricted)

When a risk of a network system attack has been ID'd, which condition requires all unclassified dial-up connections be disconnected?

INFOCON 3 (risk ID'd; unclass dial-up cnxs disconnected)

*Which condition permits non-essential networks to be taken offline and substituted w/ alternate methods of communication?

INFOCON 2 (attacks have taken place; non-essential nets taken offline)

Which condition requires compromised systems to be isolated from the rest of the network?

INFOCON 1 (attacks are taking place; net defense at max alert; compromised systems isolated from rest of network)

*At which Network Operations (NETOPS) level is responsibility for the worldwide management and operational oversight of the defense information infrastructure globally managed?

Tier 1 (worldwide)

At what level do regional operation centers perform NETOPS to ensure operational and administrative control by implementing Systems and Network Management (S&NM) Information Assurance/Network Defense (IA/NetD), and Information Dissemination Management (IDM)?

Tier 2 (regional)

At what NETOPS level do local NCCs generate a situational awareness picture and partner w/ NOSCs and ANG ROSCs to deliver S&NM, IA/NetD, and IDM?

Tier 3 (local)

*An accreditation decision which allows a system to operate in an environment for which it was originally intended is known as

A full accreditation

An accreditation decision which permits an AIS to operate until identified steps can be completed before receiving full accreditation is known as

An interim accreditation

Accreditation decisions are made by

DAA

Which resource designated priority is provided when the level of security requires a significant degree against hostile acts?

B (significant)

Which resource designated priority is provided when the level of security requires a reasonable degree against hostile acts?

C (reason-able)

Which resource designated priority is provided when the level of security requires the greatest possible deterrence against hostile acts?

A (great-est)

Which form would you use to properly label removable storage media containing "confidential" information?

SF 708