* Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.

* Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).

* Knowledge of national and international laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity.

* Knowledge of cybersecurity principles.

* Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.

* Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.

* Knowledge of cloud computing service models Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).

* Knowledge of cloud computing deployment models in private, public, and hybrid environment and the difference between on-premises and off-premises environments.

Knowledge of basic physical computer components and architectures, including the functions of various components and peripherals (e.g., CPUs, Network Interface Cards, data storage).

Knowledge of common adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures in assigned area of responsibility (i.e., historical country-specific tactics, techniques, and procedures; emerging capabilities).

Provide input to the analysis, design, development or acquisition of capabilities used for meeting objectives.

Assess target vulnerabilities and/or operational capabilities to determine course of action.

Assist and advise inter-agency partners in identifying and developing best practices for facilitating operational support to achievement of organization objectives.

Provide input to the identification of cyber-related success criteria.

Develop, review and implement all levels of planning guidance in support of cyber operations.

Contribute to crisis action planning for cyber operations.

Contribute to the development of the organization’s decision support tools if necessary.

Coordinate, produce and track intelligence requirements.

Determine indicators (e.g., measures of effectiveness) that are best suited to specific cyber operation objectives.

Develop and maintain deliberate and/or crisis plans.

Develop and review specific cyber operations guidance for integration into broader planning activities.

Develop cyber operations plans and guidance to ensure that execution and resource allocation decisions align with organization objectives.

Develop, implement, and recommend changes to appropriate planning procedures and policies.

Ensure operational planning efforts are effectively transitioned to current operations.

Ensure that intelligence planning activities are integrated and synchronized with operational planning timelines.

Evaluate intelligence estimates to support the planning cycle.

Facilitate the sharing of “best practices” and “lessons learned” throughout the cyber operations community.

Incorporate cyber operations and communications security support plans into organization objectives.

Incorporate intelligence and counterintelligence to support plan development.

Identify and submit intelligence requirements for the purposes of designating priority information requirements.

Identify intelligence gaps and shortfalls.

Identify cyber intelligence gaps and shortfalls.

Provide input to or develop courses of action based on threat factors.

Integrate cyber planning/targeting efforts with other organizations.

Interpret environment preparations assessments to determine a course of action.

Issue requests for information.

Knowledge of organizational planning concepts.

Maintain relationships with internal and external partners involved in cyber planning or related areas.

Maintain situational awareness of cyber-related intelligence requirements and associated tasking.

Maintain situational awareness of partner capabilities and activities.

Monitor and evaluate integrated cyber operations to identify opportunities to meet organization objectives.

Provide SME and support to planning/developmental forums and working groups as appropriate.

Conduct long-range, strategic planning efforts with internal and external partners in cyber activities.

Provide subject matter expertise to planning efforts with internal and external cyber operations partners.

Participate in exercises.

Provide input to the administrative and logistical elements of an operational support plan.

Provide time sensitive targeting support.

Review and comprehend organizational leadership objectives and guidance for planning.

Submit or respond to requests for deconfliction of cyber operations.

Document lessons learned that convey the results of events and/or exercises.

Ability to accurately and completely source all data used in intelligence, assessment and/or planning products.

Ability to apply critical reading/thinking skills.

Ability to collaborate effectively with others.

Ability to communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.

Ability to coordinate cyber operations with other organization functions or support activities.

Ability to exercise judgment when policies are not well-defined.

Ability to identify external partners with common cyber operations interests.

Ability to tailor technical and planning information to a customer’s level of understanding.

Knowledge of virtualization products (Vmware, Virtual PC).

Knowledge of a wide range of basic communications media concepts and terminology (e.g., computer and telephone networks, satellite, cable, wireless).

Knowledge of all forms of intelligence support needs, topics, and focus areas.

Knowledge of both internal and external customers and partner organizations, including information needs, objectives, structure, capabilities, etc.

Knowledge of classification and control markings standards, policies and procedures.

Knowledge of cyber operations support or enabling processes.

Knowledge of crisis action planning and time sensitive planning procedures.

Knowledge of cyber laws and legal considerations and their effect on cyber planning.

Knowledge of cyber operations terminology/lexicon.

Knowledge of cyber operations.

Knowledge of data communications terminology (e.g., networking protocols, Ethernet, IP, encryption, optical devices, removable media).

Knowledge of deconfliction processes and procedures.

Knowledge of target and threat organization structures, critical capabilities, and critical vulnerabilities.

Knowledge of evolving/emerging communications technologies.

Knowledge of existing, emerging, and long-range issues related to cyber operations strategy, policy, and organization.

Knowledge of staff management, assignment, and allocation processes.

Knowledge of internal and external partner cyber operations capabilities and tools.

Knowledge of how collection requirements and information needs are translated, tracked, and prioritized across the extended enterprise.

Knowledge of how modern wireless communications systems impact cyber operations.

Knowledge of intelligence reporting principles, policies, procedures, and vehicles, including report formats, reportability criteria (requirements and priorities), dissemination practices, and legal authorities and restrictions.

Knowledge of intelligence support to planning, execution, and assessment.

Knowledge of organization policies and planning concepts for partnering with internal and/or external organizations.

Knowledge of organizational hierarchy and cyber decision making processes.

Knowledge of malware.

Knowledge of objectives, situation, operational environment, and the status and disposition of internal and external partner collection capabilities available to support planning.

Knowledge of organization or partner exploitation of digital networks.

Knowledge of physical and logical network devices and infrastructure to include hubs, switches, routers, firewalls, etc.

Knowledge of required intelligence planning products associated with cyber operational planning.

Knowledge of organizational structures and associated intelligence capabilities.

Knowledge of the organizational planning and staffing process.

Knowledge of organization decision support tools and/or methods.

Knowledge of the intelligence frameworks, processes, and related systems.

Knowledge of accepted organization planning systems.

Knowledge of the information environment.

Knowledge of the processes to synchronize operational assessment procedures with the critical information requirement process.

Knowledge of the relationships between end states, objectives, effects, lines of operation, etc.

Knowledge of the structure and intent of organization specific plans, guidance and authorizations.

Knowledge of the structure, architecture, and design of modern digital and telephony networks.

Knowledge of organization issues, objectives, and operations in cyber as well as regulations and policy directives governing cyber operations.

Skill in administrative planning activities, to include preparation of functional and specific support plans, preparing and managing correspondence, and staffing procedures.

Skill in documenting and communicating complex technical and programmatic information.

Skill in evaluating information for reliability, validity, and relevance.

Skill in preparing and presenting briefings.

Skill to apply the process used to assess the performance and impact of cyber operations.

Skill to craft indicators of operational progress/success.

Skill to distinguish between notional and actual resources and their applicability to the plan under development.

Skill to synchronize operational assessment procedures with the critical information requirement process.

Knowledge of analytic tools and techniques.

Knowledge of the full-spectrum of cyberspace operational missions (e.g., DODIN Operations, DCO, OCO), principles, capabilities, limitations, and effects.

Knowledge of intelligence/SIGINT reporting and dissemination procedures.

Develop cyberspace operations TTPs for integration into operational and tactical levels of planning.