Operations Security

Category Abbreviation:

OPSEC

Category Description:

Critical information determined to give evidence of the planning and execution of sensitive (frequently classified) government activities after going through a formal systematic vetting process in accordance with National Security Presidential Memorandum Number 28. This process identifies unclassified information that must be protected. It almost always results from an agency’s official OPSEC program, or is otherwise commonly approved for use by the CUI Senior Agency Official.

NOTE: Information on your organization's Critical Information List (CIL) MAY BE CUI. It depends on what information is included in your document and how it is stated. To use the OPSEC category, the information must be on the CIL. But not everything on the CIL will be CUI.

Required Warning Statement:

Required Dissemination Control:

Quick Links to Intelligence Categories
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FISA Business Records
General Intelligence
Geodetic Product Information
Intelligence Financial Records
Internal Data

Examples

OPSEC planning
Risk assessment plan
Security classification guides

Authorities

NSPM-28 (contact your OPSEC office for a copy)

Applicable DoD Policies

DoDD 5205-02E
DoDM 5205.02