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OPSEC Videos
OPSEC 24/7
“OPSEC 24/7” is an innovative homemade (though very professional looking) video based on the popular
television show “24”. The “OPSEC 24/7” script was written by NNSA/NSO OPSEC Program
personnel to demonstrate the numerous ways employees may consciously or unconsciously mishandle sensitive information.
The theme of this production is to highlight the unintentional insider threat that faces every organization.
In each scene the main character, Federal Agent Jack Bauer, consistently ignores established security procedures and
proven OPSEC concepts. The result of his ignorance and willful disobedience directly contributes to each subsequent
terrorist event.
OPSEC Idol
“OPSEC Idol” is a 13 minute video based on the American Idol TV show. The video is introduced by an NNSA/NSO
OPSEC professional who explains why it is necessary to protect sensitive or critical information from inadvertent or
unintentional release to our enemies and adversaries while extolling the virtues of implementing good OPSEC principles by
eliminating the pathways that lead to our critical information. The video then takes the viewer to the finals of OPSEC
Idol where three contestants vie for top OPSEC song. The Master of Ceremonies for the show Bryan Secrets conveys a subtle,
yet effective OPSEC message to the viewers while handling his chores as host.
The OPSEC Hunters
This is a 7 minute 50 second video that shows the viewer several areas where sensitive information
can be found. In the video, the OPSEC Hunter is seen roaming the site looking for places where
sensitive information may be located in improper places. The “Hunter” displays the
notion that sensitive information is uncomfortable out of its environment and he goes about placing
the information back in its proper habitat. The video opens with an OPSEC practitioner explaining
and providing examples of why it is necessary to protect our sensitive information from inadvertent
or unintentional release to our adversaries. The video closes with the OPSEC practitioner reminding
employees to use effective OPSEC practices at work, home, or on travel. This video, in a
light-hearted, humorous way, reminds employees not to discard or send sensitive unclassified
information in a way that can be intercepted by our adversaries.
The OPSEC Hunters [ Windows Media, 18MB ]
Arnie Aware - OPSEC Linebacker
This is a four minute video that shows the viewer several employees carelessly discarding sensitive
unclassified information in the trash, faxing sensitive information over an non-secure fax machine,
as well as sending a personnel roster over unencrypted e-mail. These scenarios illustrate to the viewer
several pathways where sensitive unclassified information can be inadvertently released.
The countermeasure to reduce the inadvertent release is accomplished by an OPSEC linebacker (dressed
in a purple shirt with the number “298”) who roams the site looking for employees that are
discarding sensitive unclassified information and correcting them by tackling them and giving them an
on-the-spot mini OPSEC awareness briefing. The OPSEC Manager continues to extol the virtues of this
“new countermeasure” after each scenario. The video closes with the OPSEC Manager making
his way up the stairs through a sea of bandaged employees, oblivious of their pain. It is done in a
humorous way and has been received well by all audiences.
Arnie Aware - OPSEC Linebacker [ MPG Video File, 38MB ]
OPSEC Awareness Video
R. Lee Ermey on OPSEC: An entertaining Operations Security (OPSEC) Brief by Gunny Sgt R. Lee Ermey
A talented character actor known for his military roles, R. Lee Ermey was in the US Marine Corps for 11 years.
He rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant, and later was bestowed the honorary rank of Gunnery Sergeant by the
Marine Corps, after he serviced 14 months in Vietnam and then later did 2 tours in Okinawa, Japan. After
injuries forced him to retire from the Corps, he moved to the Phillipines, enrolling in the University of
Manila, where he studied Criminology and Drama. He appeared in several Filipino films before being cast as a
helicopter pilot in
Francis Ford Coppola's
Apocalypse Now
(1979). Due to his Vietnam experiences, Coppola also utilized him as a technical adviser.
He got a featured role in
Sidney J. Furie's
The Boys in Company C
(1978), playing a drill instructor. Ermey worked with Furie again in
Purple Hearts
(1984). However, his most famous (or infamous) role came as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in
Stanley Kubrick's
Full Metal Jacket
(1987), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe. He did win the best supporting actor
award
from The Boston Society of Film Critics. Since then he has appeared in numerous character
roles in such films as
Leaving Las Vegas (1995),
Se7en (1995) and
Dead Man Walking (1995).
Ermey, however, prefers comedy to drama, and has a comedic role in
Saving Silverman
(2001). Ronald Lee Ermey continues to be one of the best character actors in the business,
and you can bet that when his name appears in a movie's credits, he is going to be top notch
in his role.
OPSEC Awareness [ Windows Media, 18MB ]
It Doesn’t Pay to Advertise
This is a seven minute video that emphasizes practicing OPSEC at work, home, and while on vacation and features
an employee preparing to go on vacation for the holidays and follows him humorously through many personal and
professional OPSEC blunders. For example, our “stressed-out” and careless colleague blabs openly
on the phone to travel agents that he is a government employee, heedlessly hangs his pertinent travel information
on the organization bulletin board, and brags blatantly in public about travel details. He is oblivious to
offers that are, in reality, “too good to be true,” and in general demonstrates the antithesis to
practicing good OPSEC.
Looking at It From a Different Angle
This is a video based on the idea that employees too often see their daily work grind and environment in black
and white with little clarity, while the adversary sees the same scene in color, or with much clarity.
With OPSEC awareness and other low-cost countermeasures this view can be reversed. When indicators are
eliminated, the adversary sees the scene without clarity, collection is low, and the OPSEC process is successful.
This video provides some examples of possible countermeasures that could be implemented in order to protect vulnerable
information. It challenges the viewer to think OPSEC on a daily basis.
The examples presented in the video are clear and practical applications of the OPSEC process. Using a real-life
scenario, we’ve identified a threat, information that requires protection, and then developed several
measures to protect the vulnerable information. We’ve also demonstrated the cost/consequence of leaving
sensitive information vulnerable.
OPSEC and Identity Theft
This is a 24 minute video that brings OPSEC to the “personal level” by describing an insidious threat
to employees, their family, friends, co-workers, virtually everyone they know. The threat is called “
identity theft.” The compromise of their personal identity could place them in jeopardy of losing everything
that they have worked and saved for. This threat has no organizational boundary; it matters not if they are a
government agency employee, in the military, or a civilian contractor employee. In fulfilling this purpose, the
threat will be presented, critical information will be identified, how personal information can be
compromised (vulnerabilities) and how, by “securing against the inadvertent release of (critical)
information” (i.e., applying countermeasures), the likelihood of becoming a victim could be reduced.
Pat and Dianne
The idea for the video was born during one of the iterations of the DOE OPSEC Course, hence the line
two DOE women trying to understand. This humorous video conveys a serious message on the importance of
OPSEC in protecting our critical information. The video identifies several pathways to our critical
information and reminds viewers that OPSEC goes on, long after the thrill of the assessment is gone.
Pat and Dianne [ Quick Time Video, 16MB ]
Picture Puzzle
The U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office developed and produced a
12 minute VHS video and CD-ROM titled the OPSEC Picture Puzzle. The video was filmed entirely on location in Las Vegas
and at the Nevada Test Site. This video provides the employee with an introduction to OPSEC, and is required viewing
before receiving a U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office security badge.
The video identifies the origin of OPSEC and shows several examples of employees unknowingly violating OPSEC procedures
in their daily duties.
For U.S. Department of Energy offices and Organizations outside the U.S. Department of Energy contractors,
contact Layne Marino of the Nevada Site Office (NSO) OPSEC Program Office at
(702) 295-2979 to request a copy of any video.
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