Operations security

World War II propaganda poster which popularized the cautionary phrase "Loose lips sink ships"

Operations security (OPSEC) is a process that identifies critical information to determine whether friendly actions can be observed by enemy intelligence, determines if information obtained by adversaries could be interpreted to be useful to them, and then executes selected measures that eliminate or reduce adversary exploitation of friendly critical information.

Women's Army Corps anti-rumor propaganda (1941–1945)

The term "operations security" was coined by the United States military during the Vietnam War.


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