Straight talk from the OSPA President

10Sep Guest post- The Information Age and OPSEC

The Information Age and OPSEC
By Victor Duckarmenn
 
In 1941, we had our first real computer called the Z-3.  By 1971, we had E-mail, in 1989, the world- wide -web, (WWW) and wireless devices by the year 2000. Additional wonders of technology increase every decade. What are the consequences of all this “progress” and technological change?  Did [...]

08Sep Playing with OPSEC

By now, we’ve all taught our children what it’s “safe” to say, and what they should avoid
saying, when they’re using the computer. They probably know what chat rooms to avoid and
to be aware that “Sweet16girlie” might be more accurately described as “Unwashed46Man”.
So you’ve got the OPSEC for your family computer down pat.
What about the Playstation? [...]

01Sep “The deposit box is out of order”

The Oregon Newspaper “The Oregonian” reported the following on August 19, 2008:
Two men made off with hundreds of dollars in cash by dressing as security guards, standing outside a bank’s night deposit slot and persuading people to hand over their money because the slot was broken.
The men offered to make the deposits for customers at [...]