Operations Security (OPSEC) Annual Refresher (EUC-ECJ6-110-N)
All EUCOM personnel must know the difference between:
-OPSEC and SECOPS. -OPSEC and traditional security programs. -Operations and OPSEC. -None of the answers are correct. -Operational limitations and OPSEC. ✔ Ans - ~Operations and OPSEC.
An OPSEC indicator is defined as:
-An OPSEC measurement used to assess the effectiveness of the program via measures of performance and measures of effectiveness. -An OPSEC situation that indicates adversary activity. -The key piece of OPSEC information used to brief individuals prior to deployments in support of named operations. -Friendly detectable actions and open-source information that can be pieced together by an adversary to derive critical information as well as an OPSEC measurement used to assess the effectiveness of the program via measures of performance. -Friendly detectable actions and open-source information that can be interpreted or pieced together by an adversary to derive critical information. ✔ Ans - ~An OPSEC situation that indicates adversary activity.
Operations Security (OPSEC) defines Critical Information as:
-Specific facts about friendly intentions, capabilities, and activities needed by adversaries to plan and act effectively against friendly mission accomplishment. -Classified information critical to the development of all military activities. -Classified information critical to the development of operational plans. -Information needed by NATO forces in order to coordinate coalition and multinational operations. -All answers are correct. ✔ Ans - Specific facts about friendly intentions, capabilities, and activities needed by adversaries to plan and act
effectively against friendly mission accomplishment. The Joint COMSEC Monitoring Activity provides OPSEC assistance by:
-Monitoring communications only for specific named operations. -Monitoring of COMMAND SECURITY (COMSEC) processes and procedures. -Monitoring NIPR email traffic. -Monitoring unclassified government telephones. -Monitoring unclassified government telephones and monitoring NIPR email traffic. ✔ Ans - ~Monitoring of COMMAND SECURITY (COMSEC) processes and procedures. -Monitoring NIPR email traffic.
Who has oversight of the OPSEC program?
-Each EUCOM member person has program oversight and must ensure OPSEC is applied at all times. -The Commander US European Command. -The EUCOM Directors and EUCOM Component Commanders. -All answers are correct. -The EUCOM Security Program Manager. ✔ Ans - ~The EUCOM Security Program Manager.
Where is the CIL located?
-On the EUCOM NIPR and SIPR homepages and accessed via the OPSEC ICON. -On the wall of the EUCOM J3/Joint Operations Center. -On NIRP and SIPR desktops and on the EUCOM NIPR and SIPR homepages and accessed via the OPSEC ICON. -In the EUCOM J2/Intelligence Directorate. -On both the NIPR and SIPR desktops via the OPSEC ICON ✔ Ans - ~On the EUCOM NIPR and SIPR homepages and accessed via the OPSEC ICON.
OPSEC is concerned with:
-Identifying and controlling classified and unclassified information. -Identifying and controlling classified information. -Identifying, controlling, and protecting unclassified information that is associated with specific military operations and activities. -The daily administrative activities associated with military operations. -Controlling the operations of daily activities. ✔ Ans - ~Identifying and controlling classified and unclassified information.
OPSEC's most important characteristic is that:
All EUCOM personnel must know the difference between:
-OPSEC and SECOPS. -OPSEC and traditional security programs. -Operations and OPSEC. -None of the answers are correct. -Operational limitations and OPSEC. ✔ Ans - ~Operations and OPSEC.
An OPSEC indicator is defined as:
-An OPSEC measurement used to assess the effectiveness of the program via measures of performance and measures of effectiveness. -An OPSEC situation that indicates adversary activity. -The key piece of OPSEC information used to brief individuals prior to deployments in support of named operations. -Friendly detectable actions and open-source information that can be pieced together by an adversary to derive critical information as well as an OPSEC measurement used to assess the effectiveness of the program via measures of performance. -Friendly detectable actions and open-source information that can be interpreted or pieced together by an adversary to derive critical information. ✔ Ans - ~An OPSEC situation that indicates adversary activity.
Operations Security (OPSEC) defines Critical Information as:
-Specific facts about friendly intentions, capabilities, and activities needed by adversaries to plan and act effectively against friendly mission accomplishment. -Classified information critical to the development of all military activities. -Classified information critical to the development of operational plans. -Information needed by NATO forces in order to coordinate coalition and multinational operations. -All answers are correct. ✔ Ans - Specific facts about friendly intentions, capabilities, and activities needed by adversaries to plan and act
effectively against friendly mission accomplishment. The Joint COMSEC Monitoring Activity provides OPSEC assistance by:
-Monitoring communications only for specific named operations. -Monitoring of COMMAND SECURITY (COMSEC) processes and procedures. -Monitoring NIPR email traffic. -Monitoring unclassified government telephones. -Monitoring unclassified government telephones and monitoring NIPR email traffic. ✔ Ans - ~Monitoring of COMMAND SECURITY (COMSEC) processes and procedures. -Monitoring NIPR email traffic.
Who has oversight of the OPSEC program?
-Each EUCOM member person has program oversight and must ensure OPSEC is applied at all times. -The Commander US European Command. -The EUCOM Directors and EUCOM Component Commanders. -All answers are correct. -The EUCOM Security Program Manager. ✔ Ans - ~The EUCOM Security Program Manager.
Where is the CIL located?
-On the EUCOM NIPR and SIPR homepages and accessed via the OPSEC ICON. -On the wall of the EUCOM J3/Joint Operations Center. -On NIRP and SIPR desktops and on the EUCOM NIPR and SIPR homepages and accessed via the OPSEC ICON. -In the EUCOM J2/Intelligence Directorate. -On both the NIPR and SIPR desktops via the OPSEC ICON ✔ Ans - ~On the EUCOM NIPR and SIPR homepages and accessed via the OPSEC ICON.
OPSEC is concerned with:
-Identifying and controlling classified and unclassified information. -Identifying and controlling classified information. -Identifying, controlling, and protecting unclassified information that is associated with specific military operations and activities. -The daily administrative activities associated with military operations. -Controlling the operations of daily activities. ✔ Ans - ~Identifying and controlling classified and unclassified information.
OPSEC's most important characteristic is that:
