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0681 Information Security Technician

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Overview

An Information Security Technician operates the Department of the Navy communications security material control system and coordinates cryptographic key products for command and communications requirements. The technician maintains material allowances, explains policy changes, trains and inspects users, conducts spot checks, and may audit communications security accounts.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Minimum ASVAB: GT 100

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: navmc-1200-1l-fy26 (source date 2025-03). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Symmetric and asymmetric key provisioning coordination
  • COMSEC material control and allowance monitoring
  • COMSEC user inspections and compliance checks
  • COMSEC policy guidance and user training

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Information Security Analysts

Cryptographic key provisioning, COMSEC policy guidance, and user compliance inspections provide a foundation for evaluating information safeguards and security measures.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on security assessment of a practice Linux system and document the risks, control tests, and recommended fixes.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs.
  • Perform risk assessments and execute tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Excel

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • CompTIA Security+ · Funded

    Broaden COMSEC experience into enterprise security controls, security assessment, and incident response fundamentals.

    For: Information Security Analysts

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 0681

    [1] MOS 0681 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 30714; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Symmetric and asymmetric key provisioning coordination, COMSEC material control and allowance monitoring, COMSEC user inspections and compliance checks, COMSEC policy guidance and user training, Information Security Analysts (O*NET 15-1212.00)

  2. O*NET: Information Security Analysts

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Information Security Analysts (O*NET 15-1212.00)

  3. COOL credential mapping: CompTIA Security+

    [3] 0681 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: CompTIA Security+

  4. CompTIA Security+ exam details

    [4] Exam details, recommended experience

    Supports: CompTIA Security+

Defense contractor jobs for 0681

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