Cyber Operational Preparation of the Environment

Overview
Cyber Operational Preparation of the Environment (C-OPE) is

"[n]on-intelligence enabling functions with cyberspace conducted to plan and prepare for potential follow on military operations. C-OPE includes but not limited to identifying data, system/network configurations, or physical structures [connect]]ed to or associated with the network or system (to include software, ports, and assigned network address ranges or other identifiers) for the purposes of determining system vulnerabilities; and actions taken to assure future access and/or control of the system, network, or data during in anticipated hostilities. |undefined"