Strategiс Experts on Cybersecurity

Strategiс Experts on Cybersecurity

CRDF Global is seeking for the local experts for the Program activities in Ukraine, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

CRDF Global runs a vast portfolio of projeсts on various areas and topics of cyber security in a collaborative setting of government, academia, public and private sectors stakeholders in order to meet the funder’s goals.

To implement the projects in the appropriate manner and to accomplish projects tasks, CRDF Global cybersecurity projects teams are seeking for services and support from local Subject Matter Expert.

Above mentioned subject matter expert tasks would be mostly concentrated on providing certain exact cyber security advising services for the project activities implemented by providing guidance and support. The expert will deliver that in a manner aligned with CRDF Global project goals and objectives and customers specific requirements. 

CRDF Global programming activities will be centered around but not limited to the following areas for CRDF Global`s Cybersecurity:

• Modern international cyber security trends;
• US, Ukrainian and European cyber security issues;
• European and Euro-Atlantic Integration in the cyber security area;
• Cybersecurity insurance;
• Cyber hygiene for various audiences;
• National and regional cyber security coordination and collaboration in Public-Private Partnership (PPP);
• Development new/adaptation existing curricula on Cyber security topics for Universities;
• Cybersecurity and cyber hygiene workshops, seminars, research/feasibility studies, university degree programs development and implementation, introduction of E-learning courses to the educational process, on-job training and table-top exercises.

As such, CRDF Global requires on-going, flexible, and lasting partnerships with experts in the field.

Scope & Tasks:

RFP Subject Matter Expertise: Cybersecurity

The selected subject matter expert(s) (hereafter, “SMEs”) would be expected to provide contracted services such as, but not limited to:

1. Development of training and briefing materials for varied Ukrainian and international audiences in both government and private sectors, educational institutions, and/or civil society;
2. Delivery of virtual and/or face-to-face training, workshops, hackathons, cluster meetings, and presentations, delivering answers and providing expertise during discussions, Q&A sessions at CRDF Global events that are to be held in various domestic and international locations;
3. Delivery of an After-Action Report that summarizes observations, successes, lessons learned, and recommendations for future programming on the relevant topic;
4. Establishing relations with the public and private sector in cybersecurity field;
5. Moderating public events like clusters, round-table discussions, webinars, table-top exercises, workshops, etc.;
6. Serving as a judge for hackathons, Capture The Flag exercises, etc.;
7. Serving as a mentor for universities in the Curriculum Development Program;
8. Providing peer-reviews or expert opinions on particular subject issues, delivering articles, blog/editorial columns, participating in interviews;
9. Collaborating with the Senior Operations Manager, Operations Manager, Senior Project Leads, and Project Leads to develop actionable projects based on conceptual policy ideas;
10. Collaborating with CRDF assigned operation staff, relevant stakeholders, to develop content (training modules/ modules content) for new E-learning Cyber hygiene courses for wide range of stakeholders/ adaptation existing E-learning courses;
11. Develop mechanism for measuring mid- and long-term evaluation on cyber awareness of cyber threats, ‘cyber hygiene’ skills among target audience;
12. Providing services on the implementing Cybersecurity and cyber hygiene workshops, seminars, research/feasibility studies, university degree programs development and implementation, on-job training and table-top exercises.

This is information may serve for announcement purpose only:

Interested candidates must request the Request for Proposal (RFP) document with the detailed requirements from Oleksiy Fomin <[email protected]>.   

Please indicate the RFP number in the “subject” line of your request: #RFP-15-UA-2023

Proposal submission deadline: August 4, 2023 (6:00 PM, Kyiv)

Please note: the relations with the winning applicant/s will be governed by the General Service Agreement, it does not suppose employment at the CRDF Global