Joint Staff Operations Security
The five-step OPSEC process - answer Identify Critical Information
Analyze Threats
Analyze Vulnerabilities
Assess Risks
Apply OPSEC Countermeasures
What is OPSEC? (Select all that apply) - answerA process, not a set of rules.
Part of everyone's job - including yours.
---Only applies to work and is not applicable to my personal life. --- DO NOT SELECT ---
A method for denying an unauthorized recipient access to our critical information.
Match the five-step OPSEC process with the action associated with the step - answera)
This step identifies the information that must be protected and why it needs to be
protected.
b) Identifies who the unauthorized recipient is, the intentions of the unauthorized
recipient, and the unauthorized recipient's capabilities.
c) Identifies the weaknesses the unauthorized recipient can exploit to uncover critical
information.
d) Identifies the impact to the mission if the unauthorized recipient exploits a
vulnerability and the overall impact of the unauthorized recipient learning our critical
information.
e) Identifies the actions that need to be taken to protect critical information.
____________ are like pieces of a puzzle an unauthorized recipient uses to reveal a
picture of our operations. - answerQuestions - wrong
Critical information - wrong
Which is not an example of an OPSEC countermeasure? - answerSudden change to a
predictable routine
Work related information posted to social networking sites or discussed in public may
create ___________ that can be exploited by the unauthorized recipient. -
answerVulnerabilities
The following should be considered when assessing risk. (Select all that apply) -
answerThe consequences of your actions.
What's the cost of avoiding risk?
What's the effect on the mission?
How will an unauthorized recipient benefit from the indicator?
Will something you do or say provide an indicator to the unauthorized recipient?
The five-step OPSEC process - answer Identify Critical Information
Analyze Threats
Analyze Vulnerabilities
Assess Risks
Apply OPSEC Countermeasures
What is OPSEC? (Select all that apply) - answerA process, not a set of rules.
Part of everyone's job - including yours.
---Only applies to work and is not applicable to my personal life. --- DO NOT SELECT ---
A method for denying an unauthorized recipient access to our critical information.
Match the five-step OPSEC process with the action associated with the step - answera)
This step identifies the information that must be protected and why it needs to be
protected.
b) Identifies who the unauthorized recipient is, the intentions of the unauthorized
recipient, and the unauthorized recipient's capabilities.
c) Identifies the weaknesses the unauthorized recipient can exploit to uncover critical
information.
d) Identifies the impact to the mission if the unauthorized recipient exploits a
vulnerability and the overall impact of the unauthorized recipient learning our critical
information.
e) Identifies the actions that need to be taken to protect critical information.
____________ are like pieces of a puzzle an unauthorized recipient uses to reveal a
picture of our operations. - answerQuestions - wrong
Critical information - wrong
Which is not an example of an OPSEC countermeasure? - answerSudden change to a
predictable routine
Work related information posted to social networking sites or discussed in public may
create ___________ that can be exploited by the unauthorized recipient. -
answerVulnerabilities
The following should be considered when assessing risk. (Select all that apply) -
answerThe consequences of your actions.
What's the cost of avoiding risk?
What's the effect on the mission?
How will an unauthorized recipient benefit from the indicator?
Will something you do or say provide an indicator to the unauthorized recipient?
