- Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.
- Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).
- Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles.
- Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
- Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.
- Knowledge of human-computer interaction principles.
- Knowledge of network traffic analysis methods.
- Knowledge of physical computer components and architectures, including the functions of various components and peripherals (e.g., CPUs, Network Interface Cards, data storage).
- Knowledge of cyber attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).
- Knowledge of possible circumstances that would result in changing collection management authorities.
- Knowledge of asset availability, capabilities and limitations.
- Knowledge of available databases and tools necessary to assess appropriate collection tasking.
- Knowledge of collaborative tools and environments.
- Knowledge of collection capabilities and limitations.
- Knowledge of collection capabilities, accesses, performance specifications, and constraints utilized to satisfy collection plan.
- Knowledge of collection management functionality (e.g., positions, functions, responsibilities, products, reporting requirements).
- Knowledge of collection management tools.
- Knowledge of collection planning process and collection plan.
- Knowledge of collection strategies.
- Knowledge of computer networking fundamentals (i.e., basic computer components of a network, types of networks, etc.).
- Knowledge of criteria for evaluating collection products.
- Knowledge of current collection requirements.
- Knowledge of cyber lexicon/terminology
- Knowledge of data communications terminology (e.g., networking protocols, Ethernet, IP, encryption, optical devices, removable media).
- Knowledge of database administration and maintenance.
- Knowledge of databases, portals and associated dissemination vehicles.
- Knowledge of different organization objectives at all levels, including subordinate, lateral and higher.
- Knowledge of encryption algorithms and cyber capabilities/tools (e.g., SSL, PGP).
- Knowledge of evolving/emerging communications technologies.
- Knowledge of fundamental cyber concepts, principles, limitations, and effects.
- Knowledge of how Internet applications work (SMTP email, web-based email, chat clients, VOIP).
- Knowledge of how modern digital and telephony networks impact cyber operations.
- Knowledge of how modern wireless communications systems impact cyber operations.
- Knowledge of how to establish priorities for resources.
- Knowledge of indications and warning.
- Knowledge of information needs.
- Knowledge of internal and external partner organization capabilities and limitations (those with tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination responsibilities).
- Knowledge of key cyber threat actors and their equities.
- Knowledge of key factors of the operational environment and threat.
- Knowledge of leadership's Intent and objectives.
- Knowledge of malware.
- Knowledge of methods for ascertaining collection asset posture and availability.
- Knowledge of non-traditional collection methodologies.
- Knowledge of ongoing and future operations.
- Knowledge of operational asset constraints.
- Knowledge of operational planning processes.
- Knowledge of organization objectives and associated demand on collection management.
- Knowledge of organizational priorities, legal authorities and requirements submission processes.
- Knowledge of physical and logical network devices and infrastructure to include hubs, switches, routers, firewalls, etc.
- Knowledge of priority information, how it is derived, where it is published, how to access, etc.
- Knowledge of research strategies and knowledge management.
- Knowledge of risk management and mitigation strategies.
- Knowledge of tasking mechanisms.
- Knowledge of tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination.
- Knowledge of the available tools and applications associated with collection requirements and collection management.
- Knowledge of the basic structure, architecture, and design of modern communication networks.
- Knowledge of the basics of network security (e.g., encryption, firewalls, authentication, honey pots, perimeter protection).
- Knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of new and emerging collection capabilities, accesses and/or processes.
- Knowledge of the capabilities, limitations and tasking methodologies of internal and external collections as they apply to planned cyber activities.
- Knowledge of the common networking and routing protocols (e.g. TCP/IP), services (e.g., web, mail, DNS), and how they interact to provide network communications.
- Knowledge of the definition of collection management and collection management authority.
- Knowledge of the existent tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination architecture.
- Knowledge of the factors of threat that could impact collection operations.
- Knowledge of the organization, roles and responsibilities of higher, lower and adjacent sub-elements.
- Knowledge of the organization's established format for collection plan.
- Knowledge of the organization's planning, operations and targeting cycles.
- Knowledge of the organizational policies/procedures for temporary transfer of collection authority.
- Knowledge of the POC's, databases, tools and applications necessary to establish environment preparation and surveillance products.
- Knowledge of the priority information requirements from subordinate, lateral and higher levels of the organization.
- Knowledge of the request for information process.
- Knowledge of tipping, cueing, mixing, and redundancy.
- Knowledge of virtualization products (VMware, Virtual PC).
- Knowledge of what constitutes a threat? to a network.
All Source-Collection Requirements Manager
Evaluates collection operations and develops effects-based collection requirements strategies using available sources and methods to improve collection. Develops, processes, validates, and coordinates submission of collection requirements. Evaluates performance of collection assets and collection operations.
- Skill to access information on current assets available, usage.
- Skill to access the databases where plans/directives/guidance are maintained.
- Skill to associate Intelligence gaps to priority information requirements and observables.
- Skill to compare indicators/observables with requirements.
- Skill to ensure that the collection strategy leverages all available resources.
- Skill to evaluate the capabilities, limitations and tasking methodologies of organic, theater, national, coalition and other collection capabilities.
- Skill to identify and apply tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination to associated collection disciplines.
- Skill to identify Intelligence gaps.
- Skill to identify when priority information requirements are satisfied.
- Skill to interpret readiness reporting, its operational relevance and intelligence collection impact.
- Skill to prepare and deliver reports, presentations and briefings, to include using visual aids or presentation technology.
- Skill to review performance specifications and historical information about collection assets.
- Skill to use collaborative tools and environments for collection operations.
- Skill to evaluate requests for information to determine if response information exists.
- Skill to implement established procedures for evaluating collection management and operations activities.
- Skill to resolve conflicting collection requirements.
- Skill to specify collections and/or taskings that must be conducted in the near term.
- Skill to use systems and/or tools to track collection requirements and determine if they are satisfied.
- Skill to analyze and assess internal and external partner organization capabilities and limitations (those with tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination responsibilities).
- Ability to apply collaborative skills and strategies.
- Ability to apply critical reading/thinking skills.
- Ability to coordinate, collaborate and disseminate information to subordinate, lateral and higher-level organizations.
- Analyze feedback to determine extent to which collection products and services are meeting requirements.
- Analyze incoming collection requests.
- Analyze plans, directives, guidance and policy for factors that would influence collection management's operational structure and requirement s (e.g., duration, scope, communication requirements, interagency/international agreements).
- Assess efficiency of existing information exchange and management systems.
- Assess performance of collection assets against prescribed specifications.
- Assess the effectiveness of collections in satisfying priority information gaps, using available capabilities and methods, and adjust collection strategies and collection requirements accordingly.
- Close requests for information once satisfied.
- Collaborate with customer to define information requirements.
- Compile lessons learned from collection management activity's execution of organization collection objectives.
- Conduct formal and informal coordination of collection requirements in accordance with established guidelines and procedures.
- Develop a method for comparing collection reports to outstanding requirements to identify information gaps.
- Develop procedures for providing feedback to collection managers, asset managers, and processing, exploitation and dissemination centers.
- Disseminate reports to inform decision makers on collection issues.
- Conduct and document an assessment of the collection results using established procedures.
- Validate the link between collection requests and critical information requirements and priority intelligence requirements of leadership.
- Evaluate extent to which collected information and/or produced intelligence satisfy information requests.
- Evaluate extent to which collection operations are synchronized with operational requirements.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of collection operations against the collection plan.
- Identify collaboration forums that can serve as mechanisms for coordinating processes, functions, and outputs with specified organizations and functional groups.
- Identify and mitigate risks to collection management ability to support the plan, operations and target cycle.
- Inform stakeholders (e.g., collection managers, asset managers, processing, exploitation and dissemination centers) of evaluation results using established procedures.
- Issue requests for information.
- Modify collection requirements as necessary.
- Provide advisory and advocacy support to promote collection planning as an integrated component of the strategic campaign plans and other adaptive plans.
- Review capabilities of allocated collection assets.
- Review intelligence collection guidance for accuracy/applicability.
- Review list of prioritized collection requirements and essential information.
- Solicit and manage to completion feedback from requestors on quality, timeliness, and effectiveness of collection against collection requirements.
- Submit information requests to collection requirement management section for processing as collection requests.
- Track status of information requests, including those processed as collection requests and production requirements, using established procedures.
- Translate collection requests into applicable discipline-specific collection requirements.
- Use feedback results (e.g., lesson learned) to identify opportunities to improve collection management efficiency and effectiveness.
- Validate requests for information according to established criteria.