#NC25CSG179844 - Support to Deployable CIS Cyber Defence Project - Closed
Deadline: May 8, 2025
Requester: NATO
Location: Offsite
Start date: June, 2025
Security clearance: NATO SECRET
SCOPE OF WORK / DUTIES / ROLES
The contractor will provide support services comprising the following tasks and activities:
- Review and integration of aspects from previous Mission Cyber Security Operations Centre (MCSOC) documentation (produced in 2022 and 2023);
- Review the Identity and Access management concept developed in 2022;
- Develop a Programme of Work product, delivered as a standard NCI Agency Technical Report. With the aim to:
- Identify DCIS specific requirements and gap analysis to implement NATO’s Cyber Defence Regulations in the deployed environment and explore and propose possible solutions and develop a roadmap for implementation of
Cyber Defence requirements in to the DCIS environment;
- Review and further develop the existing MCSOC Concept of Employment (CONEMP) in line with emerging and changing requirements of DCIS and other adjacent programmes of work in NATO;
- Review and further develop the existing concept documentation for federated SOC operation, including uplift of MCSOC documentation to reflect the latest changes to Federated Mission Networking (FMN) Spirals;
- Create and/or update additional MCSOC project documentation as directed by the Technical Lead (TL) and Project Manager (PM).
- Update the existing MCSOC documentation (produced in 2022 and 2023) to reflect the change of focus from the NRF towards the emerging concept of an Allied Reaction Force (ARF);
- Continuation of the previous ACT Programme of Work;
- Update the DCIS CD roadmap from 2024;
- Update MCSOC documentation;
- Update / further develop the Identity and Access management concept developed in 2022;
- Prepare a technical report describing future Cyber Defence requirements for DCIS architecture in the next years. Creating a holistic DCIS Cyber Defence Architecture to shape future DCIS projects.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- M.Sc. or PhD in Information Security or in a related field of study;
- Certification on Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP);
- Proven experience of at least 2 years in any of the activities below:
- Concept development in the area of cyber security;
- Cyber as a domain operational concepts;
- Working in a Security Operations Centre;
- Setting up processes for a Security Operations Centre;
- Setting up SIEM/Logging, Firewalls and NIDS/NIPS/HIDS concepts;
- Converting requirements into security architectures and technically feasible solutions;
- System design, architecture, and implementation;
- NATO organisational structures and relationships with NATO and Partner nations;
- Working within a complex customer environment and multi-national team.
Desirable:
- Knowledge to evaluate and assess scenarios for cyber security threat / risk ratios;
- Ability to independently produce and edit technical documentation and scientific reports in English;
- Excellent communications skills;
- Good understanding of project management methodologies.
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