text: Chapter 2
  specialized imagery operations and systems for specific mission requirements, such as intelligence,
  surveillance, and reconnaissance or operational test and evaluation.
  2-200. COMCAM supports Army units across the range of military operations. COMCAM elements share
  documentation, as required, to support operational and planning requirements from tactical through national
  level. COMCAM documentation supports sound decision making. COMCAM capabilities include—
  * Tactical digital media.
  * Imagery editing.
  * Video editing.
  * Transmission of visual information products.
  * High definition still and video imagery.
  * Graphic design.
  * Parachute-qualified COMCAM equipped Soldiers (airborne COMCAM company only).
  2-201. COMCAM requirements are different from public affairs and press pool media requirements. While
  COMCAM imagery may support public affairs, it is primarily a decision-making tool. Because COMCAM
  Soldiers can access information and areas media personnel cannot, the imagery they produce is often
  operationally sensitive. COMCAM imagery requires security classification and operations security review
  before release for public affairs use. See appendix C for COMCAM request procedures. Refer to ATP 6-
  02.40 for more information about COMCAM.
  COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY
  A strong case can be made that, seen broadly, a major purpose of COMSEC—perhaps its
  overriding purpose—is to help achieve surprise by denying adversaries and enemies
  foreknowledge of our capabilities and intentions.”
  David G. Boak
  2-202. Communication is more than the simple transmission of information. It is a means to exercise control
  over forces. Communication links information to decisions and decisions to action. Communication among
  the parts of a command supports their coordinated action (ADP 6-0). Operations security concerns dictate
  that U.S. forces deny adversaries and enemies the content of sensitive communications.
  2-203. Communications security is the protection resulting from all measures designed to deny
  unauthorized persons information of value that might be derived from the possession and study of
  telecommunications, or to mislead unauthorized persons in their interpretation of the results of such
  possession and study (JP 6-0). While COMSEC does not rise to the level of a core competency, it is still an
  essential capability to protect sensitive information.
  2-204. Cryptographic systems and devices protect sensitive classified and unclassified operational
  information in the DODIN-A. To decrypt the data, every member of the cryptonet needs an identical key.
  COMSEC account managers distribute and control keying material and manage routine updates so all
  authorized users—and only authorized users—have the correct key to communicate. Including COMSEC
  key management in operations planning is essential to enabling secure communications.
  2-205. If cryptographic equipment or keying materials become lost or captured, the communications they
  secure risk compromise. This is especially true of a keyed device, such as a combat net radio, since a lost or
  captured radio compromises the entire network. Promptly reporting a lost key facilitates risk assessment and
  mitigation. Refer to ATP 5-19 for more information on risk management.
  2-206. Normally, when a cryptographic key is lost, the controlling authority initiates emergency key
  supersession to protect the integrity of the cryptographic network. Any member of the cryptonet who does
  not have the new key, will lose communications over the network until they obtain and update their key. If
  mission requirements prevent immediate supersession, the key update should take place as soon as the
  mission allows. The commander’s risk decision must consider the likelihood the keying material has fallen
  into enemy hands.