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by engi_nerd 3979 days ago
Not all SAPs are black. Some are publicly acknowledged.
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I forgot to add that I learned quite a bit from SAP security thanks to Uncle Sam publishing it:

http://www.dss.mil/documents/odaa/nispom2006-5220.pdf

It's not the end all but it was a nice start to organizational security. Just had to... de-bureaucratize it into something a person could comprehend lol. Then worked from there based on expert writings in each subfield, spy vs spy literature, and what worked for organized crime dodging LEO's. And that's how one learns real security. :)

Yep. That's why they add "Unacknowledged" and "Waived [from extra reporting]" in front of SAP for those that are. I usually only call USAP's, esp waived, black programs in my usage. Seems most accurate, eh?