It is a good thing that people are becoming aware of the fact that they are being monitored - it is not only speculation anymore. We have seen PRISM, FinSpy and ECHELON. These programs are made to collect information and to store them in a database. Now just imagine the resources that PRISM used (Facebook) and how it could combine these resources to multiple databases.
This is where GiG comes in
GiG stands for Global Information Grid - don't let the name Global trick you - the information that is stored in GiG is not public and is only accessible for companies that are connected to the DoD. If you have a special tool that the NSA can use then you can sign up here for the GiG program.
The Global Information Grid (GIG) is an all-encompassing communications project of the United States Department of Defense.
It is defined as a "globally interconnected, end-to-end set of information capabilities for collecting, processing, storing, disseminating, and managing information on demand to warfighters, policy makers, and support personnel."
The GIG includes owned and leased communications and computing systems and services, software (including applications), data, security services, other associated services, and National Security Systems. Non-GIG IT includes stand-alone, self-contained, or embedded IT that is not, and will not be, connected to the enterprise network.
This new definition removes references to the National Security Systems as defined in section 5142 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. Further, this new definition removes the references to the GIG providing capabilities from all operating locations (bases, posts, camps, stations, facilities, mobile platforms, and deployed sites). And lastly, this definition removes the part of the definition that discusses the interfaces to coalition, allied, and non-Department of Defense users and systems.
The DoD's use of the term "GIG" is undergoing changes as the Department deals with new concepts such as Cyberspace Operations, GIG 2.0 (A Joint Staff J6 Initiative), and the Department of Defense Information Enterprise (DIE).
The GIG is managed by a construct known as NetOps. NetOps is defined as the operational framework consisting of three essential tasks, Situational Awareness (SA), and Command & Control (C2) that the Commander (CDR) of US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), in coordination with DoD and Global NetOps Community, employs to operate and defend the GIG to ensure information superiority.
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