Information operations condition

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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.

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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)

Symantec's ThreatCon service no longer exists. Broadcom has acquired Symantec.[ citation needed ]

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.

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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.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)