I watched the movie named "The Recruit" of Al Pacino. What does NOC mean? it was said in one of the scenes.

Answer 1

It is not uncommon for government agents to be assigned overseas to positions at an embassy where they are accredited members of the diplomatic community, yet their primary mission has little to do with their cover title. Valerie Plame is a highly publicized example of someone who held a cover position.

An agent assigned as a NOC (No Official Cover) has no such cover job or associated protection, and very little in the way of a safety net if something goes wrong.

Answer 2

A Network Operations Center or NOC (pronounced "knock") is one or more locations from which control is exercised over a computer or telecommunications network, or part thereof.

Large organizations may operate more than one NOC, either to manage different networks, or to provide geographic redundancy in the event of one site being unavailable or offline.

The acronym NOC may be prefixed to specify the network or product managed by that centre. An example of this usage is "INOC" being "International Network Operations Center".

This term is normally used when referring to telecommunications providers, although a growing number of other organizations such as public utilities (SCADA) and private companies have also adopted these centers to both manage their internal networks and to provide monitoring services.

The location housing the NOC may also contain many or all of the primary servers and other equipment essential to running the network, although it is not uncommon for a single NOC to monitor and control a number of geographically dispersed sites.

Answer 3

In CIA espionage it means 'non-official cover' a govt. operative using a false identity to gain info w/o govt back-up if caught.

Answer 4

do you mean NCO. NCO means non commissioned officer