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OPSEC is a cycle used to identify, analyze, and control ________ indicating friendly actions associated with military operations or other activities.
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Critical information
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Why this answer
The blank is critical information: the specific facts about your capabilities, activities, limitations and intentions that an adversary needs to plan against you. Every step of the cycle works on that information, from deciding what it is to applying the measures that protect it.
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“The OPSEC process can apply to any plan, operation, program, project, or activity. It provides a framework for the systematic and continuous process necessary to identify and protect critical information.”
— AR 530-1, Operations Security (26 September 2014), para 3-2b(1) ↗Full course answer keys:OPSEC Awareness Answers →