National Cyber Range Complex Event Planning, Operations and Support (NCRC EPOS)

The objective of the NCRC EPOS is to provide the skilled personnel, expertise, and capabilities required to plan and execute events at key NCRC locations and operate and maintain the NCRC technical infrastructure. In addition, the resultant contract will provide skilled personnel, expertise, and capabilities required to support a set of enterprise-wide services that are applicable across the entire NCRC. NCRC EPOS effort is to support TRMC requirements through management and technical analysis services in matters of Cybersecurity test and evaluation (T&E) and training, research and engineering strategy, creation and integration of NCRC capabilities, and cyber T&E development support to the Department of Defense (DOD). The NCR provides an operating environment capable of addressing the impacts of cyber-attack on computer networks, systems of systems, and various wide area networks up to and including representations of the Global Information Grid (GIG) and worldwide Web (WWW). Replicating the complexity of thousands of globally interconnected network systems is a challenge faced by researchers developing tools to protect our nation against the growing threat of cyber-attacks. Sophisticated attacks as well as adaptive malware have the ability to devastate defense and commercial networks. The contract will maintain sufficient continuity of effort in response to ongoing and increasing demand for cyber developmental T&E and training efforts across DOD.