The NCI Agency announced earlier this year that experts had successfully collaborated with industry partners to upgrade the central management of two cyber security systems: the Network Intrusion Protection/Detection System (NIPS) and Full Packet Capture (FPC) system. This contract award begins the next and final phase of the project, where Atos will replace NIPS and FPC capabilities across the wider NATO footprint.
These two systems work together to help the NATO Cyber Security Centre, which is run by the NCI Agency, monitor NATO’s networks for threats and flag important issues. The NIPS uses pattern recognition to alert the Agency to unusual traffic on NATO’s networks, whilst FPC continuously records all network activity and is a primary source of information in support of incident response activities.
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Source: NATO