Comments on: OPSEC FAQ’s http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/ "That's Not OPSEC" Sun, 20 May 2012 14:49:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Revelator http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-69712 Revelator Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:51:57 +0000 http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-69712 I wasn't critiqueing you Samantha - just taking another opportunity to educate all the other readers out there. And by "all the others" I mean my parents and occasionally my son. Rev. I wasn’t critiqueing you Samantha - just taking another opportunity to educate all the other readers out there. And by “all the others” I mean my parents and occasionally my son.
Rev.

]]> By: Samantha http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-69705 Samantha Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:12:54 +0000 http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-69705 I was only replying to the question you posted. :) Thanks for the critique, though! I was only replying to the question you posted. :) Thanks for the critique, though!

]]> By: Revelator http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-69685 Revelator Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:25:38 +0000 http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-69685 And really the point is to get you to at least look at the plan/operation/whatever and ask the question. Sometimes doing the same thing is actually called for and sometimes varying the process is the way to go. The good thing though is that you asked the question and applied some level of logic to the answer as opposed to acting blindly. And really the point is to get you to at least look at the plan/operation/whatever and ask the question. Sometimes doing the same thing is actually called for and sometimes varying the process is the way to go. The good thing though is that you asked the question and applied some level of logic to the answer as opposed to acting blindly.

]]> By: Samantha http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-69681 Samantha Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:43:08 +0000 http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-69681 Q: OPSEC says to avoid stereotyped activities but there is validity in the thought that if it worked once it will work again. So isn’t OPSEC really saying that even though it worked once we really want you to try something different that may or may not work? And isn’t this harmful to the potential success of the mission? My A: You don't necessarily have to try something different. All OPSEC is telling you to do is vary your activities enough so that "outsiders" can't easily figure out what you are doing. Unless I can get a more specific example, I wouldn't be able to give a less generic answer. Q: OPSEC says to avoid stereotyped activities but there is validity in the thought that if it worked once it will work again. So isn’t OPSEC really saying that even though it worked once we really want you to try something different that may or may not work? And isn’t this harmful to the potential success of the mission?

My A: You don’t necessarily have to try something different. All OPSEC is telling you to do is vary your activities enough so that “outsiders” can’t easily figure out what you are doing. Unless I can get a more specific example, I wouldn’t be able to give a less generic answer.

]]> By: admin http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-389 admin Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:46:52 +0000 http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-389 In the brown shoe days some level of blanket party would suffice. Man, there is no right answer to this question. If you are in the military and you have (or can create) a Commanders Policy Letter on OPSEC (or whatever your service would call it) then you can get them on violation of Commander Policy. I did this when I was on active duty and it was a very effective tool. In the corporate world this gets much more difficult and must be dealt with on a case by case basis. I will say though that without leadership support in the program (military or civilian) you are hosed. I think this would be a great question for discussion in the OSPA OPSEC forum. If you don't know how to get there just go to the OSPA home page and link to it from there. Rev In the brown shoe days some level of blanket party would suffice. Man, there is no right answer to this question. If you are in the military and you have (or can create) a Commanders Policy Letter on OPSEC (or whatever your service would call it) then you can get them on violation of Commander Policy. I did this when I was on active duty and it was a very effective tool. In the corporate world this gets much more difficult and must be dealt with on a case by case basis. I will say though that without leadership support in the program (military or civilian) you are hosed. I think this would be a great question for discussion in the OSPA OPSEC forum. If you don’t know how to get there just go to the OSPA home page and link to it from there.
Rev

]]> By: opseconweekends http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-382 opseconweekends Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:14:17 +0000 http://whatisopsec.com/2008/05/20/opsec-faqs/#comment-382 I got a Q: How do you deal with an employee that keeps breaking OPSEC rules "accidentally", no matter how you keep reminding them? I got a Q:
How do you deal with an employee that keeps breaking OPSEC rules “accidentally”, no matter how you keep reminding them?

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