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DRAFT Solicitation FA0021-09-R-0004

## June 2009

Addendum #8 DD Form 254 (Block 11j)

OPERATIONS SECURITY

1.

This section outlines the requirements and procedures necessary for contractors to provide Operations Security (OPSEC) protection for AFSOC’s Critical Information (CI).

2.

OPSEC is the process of analyzing friendly actions attendant to military operations and other activities to:

a. Identify those actions that can be observed by adversary intelligence systems.

b. Determine which of those action are indicators to hostile intelligence systems which they can obtain and interpret or pieced together to derive critical information in time to be useful for adversaries planning.

c. Develop, select and execute countermeasures that eliminate or reduce to an acceptable level the vulnerabilities of friendly actions to adversary exploitation.

3.

OPSEC principles are used to help assigned personnel:

a. Maintain a continuing awareness of adversary interest in SOF actions and adversary intelligence collection capabilities.

b. To understand the need to identify and protect unclassified indicators that reveal sensitive information.

c. To evaluate the effectiveness of OPSEC measures taken to preclude or reduce adversary acquisition and exploitation of sensitive information.

4.

Our objectives are to:

a. Protect planned operational activities by preventing the inadvertent disclosure of unclassified information relating to or revealing a possible classified operation.

b. To preserve secrecy concerning specific scenario events and a USSOCOM or AFSOC response to these events.

c. To identify OPSEC vulnerabilities and recommend protective measures which will serve to enhance the security of future operations.

5.

AFSOC employed contractors will be OPSEC in-briefed by the assigned unit/directorate’s OPSEC program manager/coordinator on the unit/directorate‘s OPSEC requirements within 30 days of assignment. Individual training will be developed and applied as required by the level of contact with AFSOC critical information.

6.

OPSEC requirements, Critical Information Lists (CILs) and assistance can be found at the following:

a. For AFSOC reference AFSOCI 10-701 or contact the AFSOC OPSEC Program manager, AFSOC/DOXI at 850 884-6326, DSN 579. For 1 SOW related OPSEC concerns contact 1 SOW/IO at 850 884-4565, DSN 579

Addendum #8 to DD254, Attachment 4, Appendix D