NATO Communications and Information Systems Services Agency

The NATO Communications and Information Systems Services Agency (NCSA), in short: NATO CIS Services Agency , was an agency of NATO as a subordinate organization based in Mons (Belgium) and served to operate and protect the information and communication infrastructure of the Alliance.

history

The NCSA was formally founded from previous organizational elements of NATO, including the NATO Communication and Information Systems Operating and Support Agency (NACOSA), on August 1, 2004 and with an activation ceremony at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) on September 7 Activated in 2004. It existed until June 30, 2012.

The NCSA was part of the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Organization (NC3) and reported to the NC3 Board, an advisory body to the North Atlantic Council .

As part of a NATO reform, the NATO Communications and Information Systems Services Agency was transferred to the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) in 2012 .

organization

NCSA target structure as of March 2004

The agency comprised a multi-level organization

NCSA Headquarters (Mons, Belgium)
- Command Group
- Staff Group
- Operating and System Support Group
NCSA sectors ⁽¹⁾
The sectors were structured according to the same pattern, so that each sector had the following elements
- Command Squadron
- Customer Services Squadron
- Networks Squadron
- CIS logistics Depot (only Brunssum and Naples)
Other NCSA elements
- NATO Signal Battalions (NSB) ⁽²⁾
- NATO Communications and Information Systems School (NCISS), Latina (Italy)

⁽¹⁾ Sectors emerged from the earlier "Regional Signal Groups" of the NATO main quaters and were accordingly planned in Brunssum, Norfolk, Naples, Lisbon, Izmir, Mons, Northwood, Heidelberg, Madrid and Ramstein.

⁽²⁾Two deployable multinational telecommunications corps, the 1st NATO Signal Battalion (NSB) established in Maastricht in 2004 and the 2nd NATO Signal Battalion in Naples. These battalions were administratively subordinate to the director of the NCSA, for operations (OPCOM) to SACEUR. You were sent to Afghanistan , Kosovo and Iraq , among others .

The NATO Information Security Technical Center (NITC), which was responsible for communications and computer security, was located within the NCSA headquarters

NATO Computer Incident Response Capability Technical Center (NCIRC TC) in the NATO Information Assurance Operations Center in Mons for the processing of security-related incidents, improved security guidelines and for the administration and distribution of cryptographic material
NATO Information Security Operations Center for monitoring and managing NATO networks

NCSA Director Lieutenant General Kurt Herrmann

Directors

The post of director of the agency was to be filled by Germany

August 2004 to April 2009: Lieutenant General Ulrich Wolf
April 2009 to June 2012: Lieutenant General Kurt Herrmann

Others

The NATO complex in The Hague, Netherlands

In addition to the NCSA, the NC3O also included the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) with locations in The Hague (Netherlands) and Brussels (Belgium). This agency supported NATO in the areas of research, development, experiments, project management and procurement and - like the NCSA - was transferred to the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) in 2012 .

Web links

www.ncsa.nato.int ( Memento from June 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

^ History of the NCSA. ( Memento from February 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
^ NATO Communications and Information Systems School. Retrieved July 10, 2017 (English).

[1] History of the NCSA. ( Memento from February 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive )

[2] NATO Communications and Information Systems School. Retrieved July 10, 2017 (English).