NATO Awards Largest Cyber-Security Contract To Date

Sara Chan writes "NATO has awarded its largest cyber-security contract to date, in a move that is expected to prompt member states to augment their own cyber-security capabilities. The contract, for €58 million ($76 million), is to design and implement NATO's Computer Incident Response Capability. NCIRC will enable NATO to monitor computer networks from its headquarters in Brussels and detect and respond to cyber threats and vulnerabilities at about 50 NATO sites in 28 countries. The project is intended to meet the requirements of a declaration by NATO Head of States at the Lisbon Summit, in November 2010, which called for the achievement of NCIRC Full Operational Capability by end of 2012."

Where will the hardware be made?

[BenJCarter]

What do you want to bet most of the hardware the UN purchases will be manufactured behind the Iron Firewall?

I'll bet I don't think this is a good idea...

Successful bidders

[Woogiemonger]

If anyone is curious (I was), the successful bidders were Finmeccanica through SELEX Elsag and VEGA (based in the United Kingdom) together with its partner Northrup Grumman Corporation team. So it looks like that involves Italy, the UK, and the US: http://www.defpro.com/news/details/33224/?SID=45a71f6bf4374255010ce6a71de99974 [defpro.com]