Information Operations Condition

INFOCON (short for Information Operations Condition) is a threat level system in the United States similar to that of FPCON. It is a defense system based primarily on the status of information systems and is a method used by the military to defend against a computer network attack.

Description

There are five levels of INFOCON, which recently changed to more closely correlate to DEFCON levels. They are:

Similar concepts in private-sector computing

ThreatCon (Symantec)

In computer science, ThreatCon is a system used by computer security company Symantec in order to assess how dangerous a software or networking exploit is to the global internet and communications network. There are four levels of ThreatCon in this manner:

In Popular Culture

In the TV Series, Crisis , the US government goes to INFOCON 2 when Francis Gibson has a massive cyber attack initiated upon the United States, nearly bringing it to war with China.

See also

References

Strategic Command Directive (SD) 527-1 (2006-01-27). "Department of Defense (DOD) Information Operations Condition (INFOCON) System Procedures" (PDF). DISA Policy and Guidance. Retrieved 2009-09-27. 

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