All Source-Collection Manager

Identifies collection authorities and environment; incorporates priority information requirements into collection management; develops concepts to meet leadership's intent. Determines capabilities of available collection assets, identifies new collection capabilities; and constructs and disseminates collection plans. Monitors execution of tasked collection to ensure effective execution of the collection plan.
  • 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 laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy.
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles.
  • Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.
  • Knowledge of human-computer interaction principles.
  • Knowledge of network traffic analysis methods.
  • Knowledge of physical computer components and architectures, including the functions of various components and peripherals (e.g., CPUs, Network Interface Cards, data storage).
  • Knowledge of cyber attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).
  • Knowledge of possible circumstances that would result in changing collection management authorities.
  • Knowledge of asset availability, capabilities and limitations.
  • Knowledge of available databases and tools necessary to assess appropriate collection tasking.
  • Knowledge of collaborative tools and environments.
  • Knowledge of collection capabilities and limitations.
  • Knowledge of collection capabilities, accesses, performance specifications, and constraints utilized to satisfy collection plan.
  • Knowledge of collection management tools.
  • Knowledge of collection planning process and collection plan.
  • Knowledge of collection strategies.
  • Knowledge of common computer/network infections (virus, Trojan, etc.) and methods of infection (ports, attachments, etc.).
  • Knowledge of computer networking fundamentals (i.e., basic computer components of a network, types of networks, etc.).
  • Knowledge of criteria for evaluating collection products.
  • Knowledge of current collection requirements.
  • Knowledge of current computer-based intrusion sets.
  • Knowledge of cyber lexicon/terminology
  • Knowledge of data communications terminology (e.g., networking protocols, Ethernet, IP, encryption, optical devices, removable media).
  • Knowledge of database administration and maintenance.
  • Knowledge of different organization objectives at all levels, including subordinate, lateral and higher.
  • Knowledge of encryption algorithms and cyber capabilities/tools (e.g., SSL, PGP).
  • Knowledge of evolving/emerging communications technologies.
  • Knowledge of fundamental cyber concepts, principles, limitations, and effects.
  • Knowledge of host-based security products and how those products affect exploitation and reduce vulnerability.
  • Knowledge of how Internet applications work (SMTP email, web-based email, chat clients, VOIP).
  • Knowledge of how modern digital and telephony networks impact cyber operations.
  • Knowledge of how modern wireless communications systems impact cyber operations.
  • Knowledge of how to establish priorities for resources.
  • Knowledge of how to extract, analyze, and use metadata.
  • Knowledge of indications and warning.
  • Knowledge of information needs.
  • Knowledge of internal and external partner organization capabilities and limitations (those with tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination responsibilities).
  • Knowledge of Internet network addressing (IP addresses, classless inter-domain routing, TCP/UDP port numbering).
  • Knowledge of key cyber threat actors and their equities.
  • Knowledge of key factors of the operational environment and threat.
  • Knowledge of leadership's Intent and objectives.
  • Knowledge of malware.
  • Knowledge of methods for ascertaining collection asset posture and availability.
  • Knowledge of non-traditional collection methodologies.
  • Knowledge of ongoing and future operations.
  • Knowledge of operational asset constraints.
  • Knowledge of operational planning processes.
  • Knowledge of organization formats of resource and asset readiness reporting, its operational relevance and intelligence collection impact.
  • Knowledge of organization objectives and associated demand on collection management.
  • Knowledge of organizational priorities, legal authorities and requirements submission processes.
  • Knowledge of physical and logical network devices and infrastructure to include hubs, switches, routers, firewalls, etc.
  • Knowledge of priority information, how it is derived, where it is published, how to access, etc.
  • Knowledge of production exploitation and dissemination needs and architectures.
  • Knowledge of research strategies and knowledge management.
  • Knowledge of risk management and mitigation strategies.
  • Knowledge of tasking mechanisms.
  • Knowledge of tasking processes for organic and subordinate collection assets.
  • Knowledge of tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination.
  • Knowledge of the available tools and applications associated with collection requirements and collection management.
  • Knowledge of the basic structure, architecture, and design of modern communication networks.
  • Knowledge of the basics of network security (e.g., encryption, firewalls, authentication, honey pots, perimeter protection).
  • Knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of new and emerging collection capabilities, accesses and/or processes.
  • Knowledge of the capabilities, limitations and tasking methodologies of internal and external collections as they apply to planned cyber activities.
  • Knowledge of the common networking and routing protocols (e.g. TCP/IP), services (e.g., web, mail, DNS), and how they interact to provide network communications.
  • Knowledge of the existent tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination architecture.
  • Knowledge of the factors of threat that could impact collection operations.
  • Knowledge of the organization, roles and responsibilities of higher, lower and adjacent sub-elements.
  • Knowledge of the organization's established format for collection plan.
  • Knowledge of the organization's planning, operations and targeting cycles.
  • Knowledge of the organizational plans/directives/guidance that describe objectives.
  • Knowledge of the organizational policies/procedures for temporary transfer of collection authority.
  • Knowledge of the POC's, databases, tools and applications necessary to establish environment preparation and surveillance products.
  • Knowledge of the priority information requirements from subordinate, lateral and higher levels of the organization.
  • Knowledge of the request for information process.
  • Knowledge of the systems/architecture/communications used for coordination.
  • Knowledge of tipping, cueing, mixing, and redundancy.
  • Knowledge of virtualization products (VMware, Virtual PC).
  • Knowledge of what constitutes a threat? to a network.
  • Knowledge of who the organization's operational planners are, how and where they can be contacted, and what are their expectations.
  • Skill in information prioritization as it relates to operations.
  • Skill to access information on current assets available, usage.
  • Skill to access the databases where plans/directives/guidance are maintained.
  • Skill to apply the capabilities, limitations and tasking methodologies of available platforms, sensors, architectures and apparatus as they apply to organization objectives.
  • Skill to articulate a needs statement/requirement and integrate new and emerging collection capabilities, accesses and/or processes into collection operations.
  • Skill to associate Intelligence gaps to priority information requirements and observables.
  • Skill to compare indicators/observables with requirements.
  • Skill to determine feasibility of collection.
  • Skill to develop a collection plan that clearly shows the discipline that can be used to collect the information needed.
  • Skill to ensure that the collection strategy leverages all available resources.
  • Skill to evaluate factors of the operational environment to objectives, and information requirements.
  • Skill to evaluate the capabilities, limitations and tasking methodologies of organic, theater, national, coalition and other collection capabilities.
  • Skill to extract information from available tools and applications associated with collection requirements and collection operations management.
  • Skill to identify and apply tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination to associated collection disciplines.
  • Skill to identify Intelligence gaps.
  • Skill to identify when priority information requirements are satisfied.
  • Skill to interpret readiness reporting, its operational relevance and intelligence collection impact.
  • Skill to optimize collection system performance through repeated adjustment, testing, and re-adjustment.
  • Skill to prepare and deliver reports, presentations and briefings, to include using visual aids or presentation technology.
  • Skill to review performance specifications and historical information about collection assets.
  • Skill to translate the capabilities, limitations and tasking methodologies of organic, theater, national, coalition and other collection capabilities.
  • Skill to use collaborative tools and environments for collection operations.
  • Skill to analyze and assess internal and external partner organization capabilities and limitations (those with tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination responsibilities).
  • Ability to apply collaborative skills and strategies.
  • Ability to apply critical reading/thinking skills.
  • Ability to coordinate and collaborate with analysts regarding surveillance requirements and essential information development.
  • Ability to coordinate, collaborate and disseminate information to subordinate, lateral and higher-level organizations.
  • Ability to correctly employ each organization or element into the collection plan and matrix.
  • Adjust collection operations or collection plan to address identified issues/challenges and to synchronize collections with overall operational requirements.
  • Analyze feedback to determine extent to which collection products and services are meeting requirements.
  • Analyze plans, directives, guidance and policy for factors that would influence collection management's operational structure and requirement s (e.g., duration, scope, communication requirements, interagency/international agreements).
  • Assess and apply operational environment factors and risks to collection management process.
  • Assess performance of collection assets against prescribed specifications.
  • Compare allocated and available assets to collection demand as expressed through requirements.
  • Compile lessons learned from collection management activity's execution of organization collection objectives.
  • Consider efficiency and effectiveness of collection assets and resources if/when applied against priority information requirements.
  • Construct collection plans and matrixes using established guidance and procedures.
  • Coordinate resource allocation of collection assets against prioritized collection requirements with collection discipline leads.
  • Coordinate inclusion of collection plan in appropriate documentation.
  • Re-task or re-direct collection assets and resources.
  • Determine course of action for addressing changes to objectives, guidance, and operational environment.
  • Determine existing collection management webpage databases, libraries and storehouses.
  • Determine how identified factors affect the tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination architecture's form and function.
  • Determine organizations and/or echelons with collection authority over all accessible collection assets.
  • Develop a method for comparing collection reports to outstanding requirements to identify information gaps.
  • Develop coordinating instructions by collection discipline for each phase of an operation.
  • Allocate collection assets based on leadership's guidance, priorities, and/or operational emphasis.
  • Disseminate tasking messages and collection plans.
  • Establish alternative processing, exploitation and dissemination pathways to address identified issues or problems.
  • Establish processing, exploitation and dissemination management activity using approved guidance and/or procedures.
  • Facilitate continuously updated intelligence, surveillance, and visualization input to common operational picture managers.
  • Formulate collection strategies based on knowledge of available intelligence discipline capabilities and gathering methods that align multi-discipline collection capabilities and accesses with targets and their observables.
  • Identify collaboration forums that can serve as mechanisms for coordinating processes, functions, and outputs with specified organizations and functional groups.
  • Identify coordination requirements and procedures with designated collection authorities.
  • Identify issues or problems that can disrupt and/or degrade processing, exploitation and dissemination architecture effectiveness.
  • Identify potential collection disciplines for application against priority information requirements.
  • Identify and mitigate risks to collection management ability to support the plan, operations and target cycle.
  • Issue requests for information.
  • Link priority collection requirements to optimal assets and resources.
  • Monitor completion of reallocated collection efforts.
  • Monitor operational status and effectiveness of the processing, exploitation and dissemination architecture.
  • Monitor the operational environment for potential factors and risks to the collection operation management process.
  • Optimize mix of collection assets and resources to increase effectiveness and efficiency against essential information associated with priority intelligence requirements.
  • Prioritize collection requirements for collection platforms based on platform capabilities.
  • Provide advice/assistance to operations and intelligence decision makers with reassignment of collection assets and resources in response to dynamic operational situations.
  • Request discipline-specific processing, exploitation, and disseminate information collected using discipline's collection assets and resources in accordance with approved guidance and/or procedures.
  • Review capabilities of allocated collection assets.
  • Review intelligence collection guidance for accuracy/applicability.
  • Review list of prioritized collection requirements and essential information.
  • Review and update overarching collection plan, as required.
  • Revise collection matrix based on availability of optimal assets and resources.
  • Specify changes to collection plan and/or operational environment that necessitate re-tasking or re-directing of collection assets and resources.
  • Specify discipline-specific collections and/or taskings that must be executed in the near term.
  • Synchronize the integrated employment of all available organic and partner intelligence collection assets using available collaboration capabilities and techniques.