OPSEC Tradecraft: Modern Clandestine Groups Face New Challenges

The Tactical Hermit

PIRA

There were no mobile phones or recording devices allowed at this bizarre encounter. The digital era is perceived as posing new threats to the security of terror groups in Ireland in terms of their being tracked and covertly recorded.

 Source: The Guardian

Bottom Line Up Front

  • Compartmentation via unlinking
  • Strict anti forensic practices to mitigate police techniques
  • Metadata analysis evasion by forcing the recipient to make a copy
  • Brief encounters to limit the duration of exposure
  • Your security is your own concern

The Source

This post is based on two separate interactions between journalists for The Guardian and the dissident Irish republican group the Real IRA (RIRA).

In 2010 The Guardian arranged to pass RIRA number of questions. RIRA then setup a secure operation to return the answers. A couple years later, in 2012, The Guardian was contacted to release a statement announcing the formation of the New…

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