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OSPA is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free OPSEC tools, resources, and training. For over a decade, we’ve been proud to support the public and private sectors, communities, individuals, and anyone else that needs to protect any mission.

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Joining the Operations Security Professional’s Association (OSPA) gives you full access to advanced professional resources…

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Something for Everyone

OSPA believes that everyone deserves to be given the information that they need to keep them and those around him safe….

Who we are

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Who we are

The Operations Security Professional’s Association (OSPA) is a tax exempt Non-profit organization dedicated to improving awareness of OPSEC in….

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The OSPA Member’s section, filled with collaboration tools, templates and other resources for the OPSEC practitioner.

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Resources

Resources and tools for the OPSEC practitioner

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Membership

"Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much." - Helen Keller

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On OPSEC

Quotes and comments about OPSEC

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The OSPA Story

Who we are and where we came from

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Operation: Safe Escape

"At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security." - Jodi Rell

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SITE HIGHLIGHTS

The OPSEC Poster Collection

"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -James Thurber

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Briefings & Training

OPSEC Reading Room

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." John F. Kennedy

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OPSEC Case Studies

"Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it." -Winston Churchill

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OPSEC Academy

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -Benjamin Franklin

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ON OPSEC:

“(U)pon Secrecy, Success depends in Most Enterprises and for want of it, they are generally defeated.” (George Washington)

“Using public sources openly and without resorting to illegal means, it is possible to gather at least 80% of information about the enemy.” (Captured Al Qaeda Training Manual)

“If I am able to determine the enemy’s dispositions while, at the same time, I conceal my own, then I can concentrate my forces and his must be divided.” (Sun Tzu, The Art of War)

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Today is May 4th- also known as Star Wars Day. Live long and prosper! Kidding, kidding. Whenever I watch the movie, I think about the hardest working person in the galaxy: the Empire’s OPSEC Manager. Probably some part-time Stormtrooper somewhere on Coruscant, who had to worry about military missions light years away. And to top...

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“That’s not OPSEC!”

“That’s not OPSEC!” The scene is a small office. It’s day one of the OPSEC assessment. It’s John’s first time out with the team, so he’s still trying to feel out how they go about the process. While the team is in the badging office waiting for their badges, John notices that there’s a computer...

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