Saw this link, was wondering what job title these guys would come under, and how they got there...
Soldier - Magazine of the British army
i assume its a counter intelligence position though i thought id ask people with a better understanding than me
cheers Fellas

Communications Systems Engineers, and they probably drove there.

There is a fair smattering of trades, of all Services - but clearly for a Soldier magazine article they focussed on the RSigs, who are the majority of the Army contribution.

I wouldn't stretch it as far as Counter-Intelligence, despite what many think a fair proportion of what they do is plain old ICS Service Management, admittedly with some very new and very useful capabilities that industry has developed that assist proactive and reactive CND.

Originally Posted by A2_Matelot

I wouldn't stretch it as far as Counter-Intelligence, despite what many think a fair proportion of what they do is plain old ICS Service Management, admittedly with some very new and very useful capabilities that industry has developed that assist proactive and reactive CND.

So is there a distinction between a Cyber Soldier and a Cyber Security Soldier in CND,or does one size fit all ?

Originally Posted by ALREADYJACKEDGENIUS

So is there a distinction between a Cyber Soldier and a Cyber Security Soldier in CND,or does one size fit all ?

No-one knows. Just remember, there are £650 million reasons everybody is claiming to be "cyber" nowadays.

There are other roles outside of Corsham. Some of them much more interesting than those.

Looks like a NOC/Protective Monitoring/IDS with some Penetration Testing (fnar) thrown in. Counter-Intelligence I would guess would still be mainly in the domain of the folks North & South of the Thames.

It's good for the soldiers there, as the training and experience will net them a £40K starting salary in civvie street. I'm not sure how they ended up in GOSCC, though.

I think it's fair to say there is a fair bit of artistic licence in that article. If the Watchtower application they are using is the one by Cittio, they'd have more chance of monitoring any potential intrusions using the Jehovas witness magazine of the same name.

err, they work in 'cyber' and their sticking their names all over the internet ?!!? A LOT of artistic licence and no understanding of CI/CE it seems........

Originally Posted by Up_In_Arms

err, they work in 'cyber' and their sticking their names all over the internet ?!!? A LOT of artistic licence and no understanding of CI/CE it seems........

'Cyber' is like 'Int' a routine boring job carried out by people who can be replaced at the drop of a hat in the majority of cases.

This role is nothing more than application support. Routine tasks with common tools, many of which can be obtained for free.

Why does everyone think that everybody has to hide their ID just because they do a job?