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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

DInfoCom/0136 - DCO Certified MLS Training

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£2.6m
Deadline14 Sept 2020
Published14 Oct 2020
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 14 Oct 2020ClosedCloses 14 Sept 2020
Contract value in context
£2.6mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.8m

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The brief

The Army Cyber Risk (inadequate resilience) impacts the freedom of the Army at home and away, in barracks and on active deployments and exercises, as a TLB and as a lever of national power.

At sub-threshold, the Army is under attack from a variety of actors who seek to undermine, disrupt and embarrass it.

The risk is real, significant, evolving and needs treating through 1) technological protection, principally funded by the MOD Cyber Programme, 2) a whole force cultural change through the Army Security Culture work, and 3) through the upskilling of specialist All Arms digital professionals.

It will take some years before the Initial and Subsequent Trade Training begins to address the latter; the Army needs to address the skills gap now.

A near term training-focused intervention will directly contribute to improving Army cyber resilience.

The Army Defence Cyber Operations was identified as high risk on the Capability Audit 19, and in 2018, CDS Defence Support (CDS) was contracted to deliver a Training Needs Analysis (TNA) for Level 2 (L2) Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) training and a Formal Change Request (FCR) was raised.

The (then) Information Systems and Services (ISS) Cyber Delivery Team was unable to cost a non-equipment centric FCR and in Mar 19 Army CEMA gained approval to deliver aspects of the TNA.

This requirement will provide students access to training networks/hubs to retain and develop network security and cyber skills.

Key requirements

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01

It will take some years before

It will take some years before the Initial and Subsequent Trade Training begins to address the latter; the Army needs to address the skills gap now.

02

The Army Defence Cyber Operations was identified

The Army Defence Cyber Operations was identified as high risk on the Capability Audit 19, and in 2018, CDS Defence Support (CDS) was contracted to deliver a Training Needs Analysis (TNA) for Level 2 (L2) Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) training and a Formal Change Request (FCR) was raised.

03

The (then) Information Systems and Services (ISS)

The (then) Information Systems and Services (ISS) Cyber Delivery Team was unable to cost a non-equipment centric FCR and in Mar 19 Army CEMA gained approval to deliver aspects of the TNA.

04

This requirement will provide students access

This requirement will provide students access to training networks/hubs to retain and develop network security and cyber skills.

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