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(U//FOUO) Upcoming OPSEC Training Opportunities
FROM:
SID OPSEC Program Manager
Run Date: 02/11/2004
FROM:
SID OPSEC Program Manager
(U//FOUO) Hello again from the SID OPSEC world. By now everyone has heard of OPSEC in
some shape or form and has even mastered the OPSEC 1301 course. We want to thank
everyone involved for taking the time to complete this course and to those who provided their
technical expertise and efforts where VuPort was concerned. We would also like to encourage
you to continue to learn more about OPSEC.
(U//FOUO) On September 12, 2001, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz challenged
each of us with the immediate need to protect sensitive information and the importance of both
understanding and applying the process of OPSEC across the Department of Defense. His
challenge to the workforce was to:
Make OPSEC a priority.
Integrate OPSEC into training and awareness programs.
Ensure that force protection and operations planners are capable of recognizing the risks
associated with compromising critical information and countermeasures needed to mitigate those
risks.
Continually assess your ability to apply appropriate OPSEC practices to your daily mission.
(U//FOUO) Why is it important that we learn about OPSEC??
(U//FOUO) Operations Security is a tool that our adversaries believe in, and one that we as
government employees need to understand and integrate into our daily routine. Our work is
information, and not all of it is classified. We don't always realize how much we are giving away
by our predictable behavior, casual conversations, routines and other Internet information. We
must be careful of what we are revealing - failure to do so could provide our adversaries with
the information they need to execute additional terrorist acts.
(U//FOUO) The Director of Signals Intelligence expects all civilian, military, and contractor
personnel within the Signals Intelligence Directorate stationed at NSA or the field to integrate
OPSEC into all daily SID activities. This applies also to support organizations whose activities
impact SID operations.
(U//FOUO) Listed below are upcoming training opportunities that could help you to understand
more about OPSEC:
18-19 February 2004 - OPSEC 2330 - Threat Research for OPSEC
IOSS (Interagency OPSEC Support Staff), Greenbelt, MD
Registration through NCS
1-5 March 2004 - OPSEC 2380 OPSEC Practitioner's Course
IOSS, Greenbelt, MD
Registration through NCS
8-11 March 2004 - OPSEC 2390 - OPSEC Program Manager's Course
IOSS, Greenbelt, MD
Registration through NCS
5 April 2004 - OPSEC 1300 - OPSEC Fundamentals Course
IOSS, Greenbelt, MD
Registration through NCS
14-15 April 2004 - OPSE 2350 OPSEC and Web Vulnerability
IOSS, Greenbelt, MD
Registration through NCS
7-11 June 2004 National OPSEC Conference & Exhibition
Baltimore, MD
Fee: TBD
Registration: Nieto Engineering, Inc.,
(U//FOUO) For further information on these and other upcoming training opportunities, please
see the IOSS web site ("go ioss").
(U//FOUO) If you have any questions, please contact your SID OPSEC Program Managers,
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