Guard Monitors Websites and Blogs

Week of October 23, 2006

Ten members of a Virginia National Guard unit may be watching your website or blog. The Manassas-based Virginia Data Processing Unit has activated a team in July for one year to scan official and unofficial Army Websites for operational security violations. The team, which works under the direction of the Army Web Risk Assessment Cell, Army Office of Information Assurance and Compliance (AWRAC), notifies webmasters and blog writers when they find documents, pictures and other items that may compromise security. For more on AWRAC or to request a courtesy scan of a blog, go to the team's Website on Army Knowledge Online.