Attachment 3- OPSEC Measures.pdf

FAFB OPSEC 2

Fairchild AFB Contractor OPSEC Level 2 Measures

1. Operations Security (OPSEC) reduces the potential compromise of sensitive military missions to hostile intelligence collection. OPSEC awareness and measures limit the exposure of information connected to those missions. OPSEC applies to all activities that prepare, sustain, or employ forces during both peacetime and wartime operations.

2. As your organization is contracted to perform work in support of Fairchild Air Force Base, you are responsible to protect military sensitive, or Critical Information, as well as the presence of other signs or activities (indicators) that could reveal the conduct of sensitive activities or missions. These includes specific facts about U.S. military operational intentions, capabilities or activities that are needed by potential enemies to plan and act against U.S. military mission accomplishment.

3. Contractor employees who visit Fairchild AFB or remote FAFB installations, or remotely monitor or maintain Fairchild AFB infrastructure will (within 30 days of reporting for duty) become familiar with the following types of Sensitive (Critical) Information and Operational

Indicators. You must protect the details of the following information categories from disclosure:

Sensitive Information / Critical Information

Current and future operations / exercises

Vulnerabilities, degradation /outages of critical infrastructures or telecommunications

Personnel, acquisition and logistics information

Key personnel/VIP schedules and travel itineraries

Emergency response or contingency plans

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) protected information

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protected information

Operational Indicators

Unit recall

Unplanned Strike Meetings / Mobility Processing

Abnormal Changes of Duty Schedules

Increased Security and/or Transport Activity

Unusual Working Hours

Unusual Increase in Aircraft Maintenance or Servicing

4. OPSEC Measures. Contractor employees will do the following OPSEC measures to protect sensitive operational activities:

a. Protect this information from disclosure to people who are unauthorized to possess it.

These include other employees who are not part of the contracted work project, associates, family members and members of the news media.

b. Prevent disclosure of critical and sensitive information in any public domain to include, but not limited to, the Internet and other public forums. Avoid publishing photographs, blogs, tweets that describe or display sensitive operations. Examples include but are not limited to military formations and exercises, drills, emergency response procedures, and the protective measures of military facilities.

c. Avoid taking video and/or photography when on FAFB properties unless properly authorized by the 92d Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office.

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Fairchild AFB Contractor OPSEC Level 2 Measures – 2

d. Use escorted access to and from designated work areas, when required by the contract.

e. Destroy (burn, shred, etc.) critical and sensitive information that is no longer needed to prevent the inadvertent disclosure or reconstruction of this material.

f. Actively encourage others (including family members) to protect critical and sensitive information.

g. Consult with the Fairchild AFB Public Affairs office or installation OPSEC Signature

Manager for an OPSEC review prior to publishing or posting Fairchild AFB- or USAF-related information in a public forum. This includes, but is not limited to letters, resumes, articles for publication, electronic mail (e-mail), Web site postings, web log (blog) postings, discussion in

Internet information forums, discussion in Internet message boards or other forms of dissemination or documentation.

h. Process, store, or transmit critical sensitive information in a manner to protect that information.

(1) DOD computer systems may be monitored for all lawful purposes, to ensure that their use is authorized, for management of the system, to facilitate protection against unauthorized access, and to verify security procedures, survivability, and operational security. Network monitoring is done in accordance with DoDI 8560.01, Communications Security (COMSEC)

Monitoring.

(2) Unauthorized use of a DOD computer system may subject the user to criminal prosecution. Evidence of unauthorized use collected during monitoring may be used for administrative, criminal or other adverse action. Use of a DOD computer system constitutes consent for all lawful purposes.

(3) When an encryption feature is available on unclassified networks, encrypt email messages containing sensitive information. Encryption serves as an OPSEC measure to protect sensitive information transmitted over unclassified networks.

NOTE. Contract employees who fail to protect critical information from unauthorized disclosure may be subject to adverse administrative, disciplinary or contractual action.

5. Attempted Information (Intelligence) Collection. Contract employees will consider any attempt by unauthorized personnel to solicit critical information or sensitive information as a human intelligence (HUMINT) incident against the U.S. Air Force. If you have been involved in, or have knowledge of, a possible HUMINT incident, please report all facts immediately to the local Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI). If AFOSI is not readily available, report HUMINT incidents to the supported organization’s security manager, commander, or one of the other offices listed below:

Commercial DSN

Air Force Office of Special Investigation (509) 247-2591/2592 657-2591/2592

92 ARW OPSEC Signature Manager (509) 247-3012/5258 657-3012/5258

Fairchild Antiterrorism Office (509) 247-9498 657-9498

Fairchild Information Protection Office (509) 247-2144/2076 657-2144/2076

Fairchild Public Affairs Office (509) 247-5705 657-5705

Team Fairchild

Contractor Operations Security (OPSEC)

Awareness Training

92d Air Refueling Wing Plans OPSEC Signature Managers

(509) 247-3012 / (509) 247-5258

Operations Security (OPSEC) Purpose

OPSEC measures reduces adversary’s ability to collect and exploit Critical

Information and Operations Indicators

When lost, these details about friendly activities permit …

• Adversaries to prevent friendly mission accomplishment

• Adversaries to identify and exploit friendly vulnerabilities

• Increased risk to mission failure or loss of life

Critical Information Defined

Critical information (CI) comprise Specific Facts about Friendly …

• Activities

• Intentions

• Capabilities, or

• Limitations

• … that an adversary seeks in order to gain a military or technological advantage.

Most Critical Information is UNCLASSIFIED, yet Sensitive

Critical Information, when Revealed

Critical Information, when revealed to an Adversary may …

• Prevent or degrade mission accomplishment

• Cause loss of life

• Damage friendly resources

FAFB Critical Information List

Detailed Information on:

• Current and future operations / exercises

• Vulnerabilities, degradation /outages of critical infrastructures or telecommunications

• Personnel, acquisition and logistics information

• Key personnel/VIP schedules and travel itineraries

• Emergency response or contingency plans

• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) protected information

Operations Indicators

Friendly detectable actions and open-source information that can be interpreted or pieced together by an adversary to derive Critical

Information

FAFB Operations Indicators List

Unit recall

Unplanned Strike Meetings / Mobility Processing

Abnormal Changes of Duty Schedules

Increased Security and/or Transport Activity

Unusual Working Hours

Unusual Increase in Aircraft Maintenance or Servicing

Expectations

USAF uses OPSEC to protect its Critical Information

OPSEC is Everyone’s Responsibility

Failure to use OPSEC can Result in:

• Serious injury or death to personnel

• Damage to weapons systems, equipment and facilities

• Loss of sensitive technologies

• Mission degradation or failure

Your OPSEC Responsibilities

DoD contractors will:

• Be familiar with Fairchild’s Critical Information and Operations Indicators and

Protect it from disclosure

Do Not publicly disseminate, or publish photographs displaying Critical

Information or Operations Indicators. Examples include:

• FAFB flight line activities

• Special or unusual aircraft

• FAFB deployment activities

• Unusual activities taking place

• FAFB security force dispositions or tactics

• Protective measures of military facilities

Your OPSEC Responsibilities

Do Not include Critical Information in:

• Social media postings

• Web log (blog) postings

• Unencrypted e-mail

• Letters, resumes, articles, books, collegiate papers

• Internet message board discussions

• Other forms of dissemination or documentation

Apply “Need-to-Know”

Do keep shop talk in the shop

• Before, during and after operations, exercises or deployments

Those without a need-to-know include:

• Family members

• Neighbors

• Reporters

• Foreign nationals

• Anyone who is NOT directly involved in your deployment, sensitive mission or exercise!

Report Suspicious Contacts

Consider attempts by unauthorized personnel to solicit Critical / Sensitive

Information as a Human Intelligence (HUMINT) gathering incident

• Contractor personnel involved in, or having knowledge of, a possible HUMINT incident will immediately report all facts immediately to the Air Force Office of

Special Affairs (AFOSI)

Don’t Give Your Critical Information to

These Guys!

and Data Mining!!!

Help Shut the Pie Hole!!!

Practice OPSEC

• OPSEC Signature Managers

(509) 247-3012 / 247-5258

• AFOSI

(509) 247-2591/ 247-2592

• Anti-terrorism Office

(509) 247-9498

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What is OPSEC?

Operation Security (OPSEC) is a method to deny adversaries information about friendly intentions and capabilities, which they need to make effective and timely decisions. OPSEC prevents or lessens an adversary’s ability to use our sensitive information to disrupt friendly operations.

FACT: More than 80% of our adversaries’ intelligence needs come from unclassified sources.

In today’s world of global acquisition where so much information is available at a stroke of a key, unclassified information has taken on an entirely new importance. While the Internet provides the main avenue of information loss, our adversaries use others sources to collect on us. These include:

Social Engineering

Elicitation / Solicitation

Press Releases

Surveillance

Eavesdropping

Trash Analysis

Who’s the adversary? Our adversaries include but are not limited to:

Foreign Intelligence Services (FIS)

Hackers / Hacker Groups

Criminals

Terrorists

Anarchists

Disgruntled Insiders

What are they after? All military operations depend upon some form of secrecy, tactical or technological advantage for mission success! Avoid disclosing the following information:

Details of future Operations/Exercises

Defensive and Offensive Tactics

Unit strengths

Names/photographs/travel plans of VIPs

Present and future US capabilities

Supply Inventories

Locations of Critical Infrastructure

Training Deficiencies

OPSEC has never been more important than it is today and will be in the future. It is what helps us to protect and maintain the technological advantage we have.

What can I do?

There are many things that you could do to apply OPSEC in your everyday procedures:

Don’t post sensitive information, to include photos, to the Internet.

Shred Sensitive Unclassified paperwork, such as alert rosters, work orders or technical manuals.

Report suspicious activities on or near the installation to the Unit Security Manager.

Avoid wearing your security badge outside the installation.

Only share information with those who have a ‘need to know’ to accomplish our mission.

Don’t photograph exercises or operations without authorization.