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Operations security indicators
Process of collecting, processing, analyzing and disseminating intelligence.
4 critical sources: Human, signals, image, and open source intelligence
Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
Any information that can be gathered from human sources
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
Intelligence derived from electronic signals and systems used by foreign targets,
such as communications systems, radars, and weapons systems.
Imagery Intelligence (IMINT)
Intelligence that includes representations of objects reproduced electronically or
by optical means on film, electronic display devices, or other media. Can be
derived from visual photography, radar sensors, infrared sensors, lasers, and
electro-optics.
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Information that is readily available to the public and doesn't require any type of
malicious activity to obtain.
4 Steps of OSINT
,Discovery- collecting info
Discrimination- filtering collected info
Distillation - refining and filtering info again
Dissemination - final product of info collected
Integrated Defense
Application of active and passive defense measures.
Bridges the gap between peacetime and wartime actions
Goal of Integrated Defense
Employed to mitigate potential risks to DAF, joint and coalition operations within
base boundary and base security zone to ensure mission accomplishment
Who is the defense force commander on AF bases?
The SF squadron commander
THREAT LEVEL 1
Threats include enemy agents and terrorists whose missions are espionage,
sabotage, and subversion
threat LEVEL 2
Small scale
Irregular forces conducting unconventional warfare that can pose serious threats
to military forces and civilians
, Ex; AL QUEDA
THREAT LEVEL 3
Capability of projecting combat power by air, land, or sea
EX: China Russia
ID coordination with other programs
Protection and defense of air bases requires efforts from:
Integrated defense
Emergency Management (EM)
Anti-Terrorism (AT)
Critical Asset Risk Management (CARM)
Continuity of Operations (COOP)
Force health protection
Cyber security
Terrorism
Acts of violence designed to promote a specific ideology or agenda by creating
panic among an enemy population
lone terrorist