Day 8: Secure Comms

Question 1

What are the three forms of secure comms?

Answer 1

• Phone
• E-mail
• Chat

Question 2

What are the three levels of classification?

Answer 2

• Unclassified
• Secret
• Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)

Question 3

Identify

Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router network (NIPRNet)

Classification

Answer 3

Unclass

Question 4

Identify

• Secret Internet Protocol Router network (SIPRNet)
• vIPer Universal Secure Phone

Classification

Answer 4

Secret

Question 5

Identify

• Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications Systems (JWICS)
• Secure Telephone Equipment (STE)

Classification

Answer 5

Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)

Question 6

What are the reasons for secure comms?

Answer 6

• Ad hoc Taskings
• General Questions - taskings, reports, admin
• Maintenance (Mx) Requests

Question 7

Prior to a secure phone call:

Secure Comms

Answer 7

1. Clarify classification level of conversation
2. Identify classification level of phones
3. Anyone not cleared for conversation must leave

Question 8

After securing a phone call, verify ____________ is on the screen.

Secure Comms

Answer 8

the correct classification level

Question 9

Upon completion of secured conversation, what is the next step?

Secure Comms

Answer 9

State what level the call has dropped to

Question 10

Upon receiving a call, note:

Secure Comms

Answer 10

• Time of call
• Who the caller is trying to reach
• Caller name/initials
• Caller number
• Caller’s unit/agency
• Classification level of conversation
• The message - 5 W + H
• Any due-by dates

Question 11

What are the phone procedures if a phone rings?

Answer 11

1. “Line up!” to Ops floor
2. Verify no one is speaking about classified information
3. Pick up the phone

Question 12

What are the phone procedures once the conversation is over?

Answer 12

1. “Line down!”
2. Conversations may resume