OPSEC_Guide_for_Defense_Contractors.pdf

This document is an Operations Security (OPSEC) Guide for Defense Contractors, Revision B, issued by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport. The guide provides comprehensive guidance for defense contractors working with the Navy on protecting critical information and preventing potential intelligence exploitation. It outlines OPSEC requirements, training mandates, and planning considerations, with key focus areas including identifying actions observable by adversary intelligence systems, determining potential indicators that could be pieced together by hostile intelligence, and implementing measures to reduce vulnerabilities in friendly operations.

The document defines OPSEC as an analytical process to identify critical information, its vulnerabilities, and risks, and to develop countermeasures to protect sensitive data. It applies to contractors with long-term or short-term physical access to Naval facilities, vessels, aircraft, or government sites, and covers various scenarios such as construction crews, maintenance personnel, meeting attendees, and embedded contractors. The guide emphasizes the importance of training, with initial OPSEC training required within 30 days of assignment and annually thereafter, and mandates maintaining individual training records for compliance purposes.