An Adversary who has the intent and capability to compromise your mission or Sensitive Activities
What is a Threat
The specific facts about friendly intentions, capabilities, and activities that an adversary can use against us.
what is Critical information
Weaknesses that an adversary uses to opbtain critical information
What are Vulnerabilities
Don't overly share schedules, don't leave items in your car, always lock your house and car.
what are some ways to protect your information
An analytical process that helps us identify and protect our information from being exploited by the adversary.
what is OPSEC
Open Source, Eavesdropping, Casual conversation and Social engineering
What are examples of how adversaries collect critical information
Us - People - in what we say and do.
what is the biggest Vulnerability
Is billions of devices around the world that are connected to the internet through sensors or Wi-Fi
what is the internet of things
Analyze Vulnerabilities
What is the 3rd step in the OPSEC cycle
a list of your critical information such as capabilities, activities, limitations and intentions. Critical Information can also include personal items
such as PII, health information, and travel plans.
What is the CIL
use of email, social media, and the internet, access to mail, trash, and recylables. Predictable patterns and procedures, lack of awareness of threats and vulnerabilities and increased connectivity on insecure Devices.
what are common Vulnerabilities
Install the latest router firmware, change your home network password when connecting a new device, use strong passwords.
what are ways to protect your home Network
Analyze Threat, Identify, Critical Information, analyze Vulnerabilities, Assess Risks, and Apply Countermeasures
what are the steps in the OPSEC cycle
information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individuals identity, such as their name, social sevurity number or biometric records.
What is PII
Combining information from multiple sources
What is Data Aggregation
smart devices such as watches, thermostats doorbell cameras and baby monitors
what are some examples of the Internet of things