Vector Synergy

Fortifying Data Hubs: Cybersecurity Solutions for Emerging Threats
Discover how we continuously protect our client from cyberattackers.
Cybersecurity

Client: Classified
Cooperation since: 2022 - ongoing
Service: 24/7
Domain: Cybersecurity

The Challange
Our client is struggling with their data hubs being continuously targeted by cyberattackers seeking to breach security measures using methods such as SQL injection, DDoS attacks, DNS spoofing, and brute force access cracking. To prevent and protect against these threats, we employed modern threat recognition tools, such as IDS and SIEM solutions. These tools, however, require constant adaptation to address new attack patterns and emerging threats.

Our Services
A team of four Cybersecurity Experts all with required security clearance.

• First line of response regarding the potential occurrence of a cyberattack orsecurity incident.
• Malicious activity monitoring with HIDS and NDIS systems and managing overall security with security information and event management system (SIEM).
• Tuning and adjustment of SIEM systems (Splunk and ArcSight).
• IDS systems signatures creation, adjustment, and optimization.
• Assessment of security incidents with the level of exposure of a vulnerability.
• YARA rules management for (new) malware identification.
• Tagging the vulnerability or incident with an initial severity classification andactivating the corresponding incident response playbook entry.

IT, Cybersecurity and Project Expertise for a Defence Organisation
Learn how our IT, cybersecurity, and other experts are supporting a defence organisation.
Cybersecurity, IT, Defence

Client: Classified
Cooperation since: 2012 - ongoing
Service: 24/7
Domain: Cybersecurity, Development, Testing, Cloud, IT Systems & Network Administration

The Challange
Vector Synergy is providing consultancy across a broad spectrum of scientific, engineering, project management, contracting, and military functional expertise for a client in the military and defence sector. Our task is to deliver critical capabilities and services necessary for our client to effectively fulfil their core responsibilities of consultation, collective defence, and crisis management.

Our Services
100+ IT, Cybersecurity, and other experts with the required security clearances.

• Support for the client’s operations for critical defence efforts.
• Support for a high-security operations centre (SOC).
• Support for advanced air command and control systems.
• Support for deployed operations and exercises.
• Facilitating digital workplace solutions, including the management of digital events, meetings, and large-scale conferences for strategic defence organizations.
• Performing deployable communications infrastructure services• Conducting financial and administrative support.
• Providing instructors and performing tracking system’s development for logistical operations.

Offering Technical Expertise for Military and Defence Operations
Find out how we helped our client from a military & defence industry by providing technical expert advice.
IT, Defence

Client: Classified
Cooperation since: 2013 - 2015
Service: 24/7
Domain: IT

The Challange
Our client from a military & defence industry needed support during one of their long-standing military operations and developing new security forces. For Vector Synergy it meant providing technical expert advice to Headquarters and other external elements.

Our Services

• Leading the existing technological support
• Holding decision authority for all overarching interoperability issues, involving FAS systems and/or major subsystems.
• Participating in technical reviews, FAS-related conferences, boards, and meetings to promote interoperability and the definition/analysis of interfaces/adapters.
• Functional analysis and evaluation of the definition and design of assigned systems and subsystems and implementation of required data transformation.
• Determining the adequacy of subsystems and their integration, ensuring interoperability.
• Administration of all support and maintenance aspects of installed Middleware and attached systems via adapters to support data exchange between heterogeneous functional systems.
• Performing design reviews and monitoring the configuration management process.
• Establishing and maintaining operational documentation, such as requirements specification and configuration design descriptions.
• Developing support-related directives, procedures, and instructions, including background and site information.

Providing Essential IT Support for Air Base Infrastructure
Review the unclassified details of our IT support for air base infrastructure.
Cybersecurity, IT

Client: Classified
Cooperation since: 2022 - ongoing
Service: 24/7
Domain: Cybersecurity, User Support, Maintenance, IT Systems & Administration

The Challange
The client’s air base requires essential support of system administrators, database specialists, developers, cybersecurity specialists, IT security engineers, and IT support professionals. The mission of Vector Synergy consultants is to offer Computer Information Systems (CIS) Workforce Services for the CIS infrastructure hardware and software used by the client's early warning system.

Our Services
A team of 14 people with necessary security clearances.

• Providing essential operational support.
• Ensuring efficient operation, administration, maintenance (both in-house and outsourced) of assigned IT/CIS systems.
• Ensuring all IT/CIS systems comply with local and the client’s security policies.
• Maintaining (both in-house and outsourced) application software hosted by the client’s networks and stand-alone IT/CIS systems.
• Executing efficient management and maintenance (both in-house and outsourced), installation and testing, operation and user support of databases for the client's early warning system’s data and mission supportprocesses.
• Performing in-depth troubleshooting of the IT/CIS infrastructure.
• Assisting System Security Officers in drafting security operating procedures, system-specific security requirements statements, and system interconnection security requirements statements.
• Reviewing security implementations based on the client's security regulations and conducting security risk assessments.

Delivering Confidential SATCOM Support with Security-Cleared Experts
Explore the unclassified specifics of our security support regarding a client’s SATCOM programme.
Cybersecurity

Client: Classified
Cooperation since: 2022 - ongoing
Service: 24/7
Domain: Cybersecurity

The Challange
Our client needed security support regarding one of their SATCOM programmes. The organisation has a high demand for technical skills and confidentiality due to its safety-critical nature. Security-cleared personnel are required to work on all projects because of the confidentiality of the client’s operations.

Our Services
A team of four Cybersecurity Experts with required security clearance.

• Establishing and preparing the risk assessments.
• Developing general security requirements.
• Preparing security mitigation plans.
• Providing support in definition of the security baseline (e.g. PSI, SCG).
• Providing technical support in the definition of operational technical requirements, the definition of pooling and sharing mechanisms, Hub technical requirements, and user segment requirements.
• Supporting definition of requirements for procurement of the secureoperational ground segment (e.g., preparation of accreditation files oroperational security tasks).
• Supporting definition of the detailed rules on sharing and prioritisation of thesatellite communication capacities, services, and user equipment.

Securing Complex Systems with Advanced Cybersecurity Solutions
Read about our cooperation with a client that needed cybersecurity supporting services, systems, and tools.
Cybersecurity

Client: Classified
Cooperation since: 2014 - ongoing
Service: 24/7
Domain: Cybersecurity

The Challange
As cyber threats have become more and more sophisticated, and information systems have become more complex, traditional detection and prevention countermeasures are often no longer sufficient. Our client required a procurement of cybersecurity supporting services, systems, and tools that would address that challenge

Our Services
A team of 8 people with necessary security clearances.

• Cybersecurity governance and development support.
• Developing services to augment the client's capacity and performance both in terms of Cyber Security Information (CSI) collection and exploitation, and incident management process.
• Providing cybersecurity engineering and operational service provisioning.
• Providing professional services for the selection, acquisition, support, maintenance and replacement, move and decommission of cybersecurity products and solutions.