What is the critical information list?
The Critical Information List (CIL) includes specific facts about friendly intentions, capabilities, and activities needed by adversaries to plan and act effectively against friendly mission accomplishment.
Which one would be considered critical information?
Critical Information is information about your intentions and capabilities, which is vitally needed by an adversary in order to plan and act effectively to destroy or interrupt your mission. The beauty of OPSEC is it teaches you to view your critical information from both the friendly and the adversary perspective.
Why is it important to identify our critical information?
Why is it important to identify our critical information? It is important to identify critical information because it is the information that needs to be protected the most and would cause great harm if it was exposed.
Where is the critical information list located?
The adversary is capable of collecting critical information, correctly analyzing it, and then taking timely action. Where is the CIL located? On the EUCOM NIPR and SIPR homepages and accessed via the OPSEC ICON.
What are the 5 steps in operations security?
The OPSEC process involves five steps: (1) identification of critical information, (2) analysis of threats, (3) analysis of vulnerabilities, (4) assessment of risk, and (5) application of appropriate countermeasures.
What is a valid reason to classify information?
Which of the following is a valid reason to classify information? Information may be classified if it is owned by the U.S. Government, its unauthorized disclosure could damage national security, and it concerns military plans, weapon systems, or operations.
What happens if you read classified information?
Confidential: The lowest level of classified information. This information could potentially hamper national security efforts if it was disclosed to the public. According to Executive Order 13549, unauthorized disclosure of this information would be expected to cause “exceptionally grave damage” to national security.
What is the penalty for releasing classified information?
Intentionally disclosing classified information without authorization is a federal crime under the espionage act. Punishment may be up to ten years in prison, a large fine, or could even get you charged with treason.
How do you find classified information?
In order to have authorized access to classified information, an individual must have national security eligibility and a need- to-know the information, and must have executed a Standard Form 312, also known as SF-312, Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement.
Who can view classified information?
§ 1312.23 Access to classified information. Classified information may be made available to a person only when the possessor of the information establishes that the person has a valid “need to know” and the access is essential to the accomplishment of official government duties.
Where can I read classified documents?
Free Resources for Finding Declassified Documents
- CIA: Electronic Reading Room.
- Department of State: Freedom of Information Act.
- FBI Records: The Vault – FOIA Library.
- Federation of American Scientists: Project on Government Secrecy.
Does the president have access to classified info?
Any agency designated by the President can originate classified information if it meets the content criteria; each agency is responsible for safeguarding and declassifying its own documents.