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Tag: Operational Security (OPSEC)


Monitoring Matters

Not thinking clearly

December 17, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor

While the rest of the country is buried under snow, I’ve found it unseasonably warm, and I’m hot under the collar this week as I have to deal with security issues of my own. That’s right readers, due to a comedy of errors for the past two weeks I’ve found myself on the wrong side of OPSEC and as a result subject to the extreme annoyances of extra security measures. But I’m following through with the process until things get resolved because accountability is important. So,...

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Operational Security (OPSEC), security clearances, security compliance, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)


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Monitoring Matters

Signal fire

March 26, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor

If you smell something burning this week don’t be too concerned, it’s probably U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s ears. I really, and I cannot stress this enough, REALLY didn’t want to discuss politics this or any week, but I don’t think we can let such a huge disruption in the security sphere pass by without comment. Operational Security (OPSEC) has been a guiding principle for members of the military since antiquity, and the word has entered the lexicon in...

cyber-attacks, infrastructure, Operational Security (OPSEC), Pete Hegseth, Signal


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