1 Principal Cyber Advisor

This Tender is invited by the Issuer. Overview The Department of Home Affairs is seeking a short-term engagement of specialist cyber resources to work with its internal team in delivering against the Commonwealth Cyber Security Strategy. Scope The role is envisaged to have two focus areas. The scope includes: Supporting an analysis of the outcomes from the Grant to Connected Technology Alliance to develop an industry led voluntary labelling scheme, including analysis of the label design and label level structure (including technical advice on the levels of the scheme), scheme model, scheme charter and scheme rules Providing technical knowledge and expertise to assess whether threat blocking at scale and speed options (legislative and policy) are technically feasible and capable of implementation Providing specialist technical expertise to support the Branch Contractor Requirements The technical skillset required includes: For smart device labelling, understanding of the necessary capabilities of test houses and appropriate methods to certify and assess them, as well as good knowledge of the smart device market in Australia For threat blocking, familiarity with various related legislation including in the telco and intelligence space, as well as familiarity with telco and ISP operations and practical requirements Technical capabilities and cyber security expertise, including knowledge of international standards such as ETSI and the mechanics of threat sharing and threat blocking systems, to analyse and support policy and legislative design Understanding of the threat sharing and blocking landscape upstream (telcos, ISPs, hyperscalers etc) and of the complexities (legislative, operational) with sharing and blocking at scale and speed that may impact policy or legislative design and implementation Contract Terms and Conditions Each initiative engagement is expected to be between 4 to 12 weeks A total engagement term of 3 to 4 months is expected Due to the specialist nature of the work, the Department will consider a combination of resources within the engagement envelope Due to the specialist requirement and short-term nature of the work, the Department will work with the vendor on agreed timeframes to ensure the required support is available Enquiries Buyer contact: PaCHelpdesk@homeaffairs.gov.au