Welcome to the homepage for the Land Information Assurance Group (LIAG).

The LIAG is based at the Basil Hill Site, Corsham, where it can respond rapidly to tasks around the world.

The LIAG is a Defence Capability being raised to meet the needs of Digitisation and our growing dependence on computers and networked information systems. The critical operational information stored, processed, transported and displayed by these systems must be properly protected against attack or system failure. The Army has now been enhanced with a TA pool of IT Professionals - the LIAG.
 

'We have the LIAG group out at present, looking at health and potential abuse of IT systems.  They are doing a tremendous job.  Real expertise is vested in these TA officers, and COMPUSEC is another area where we are perhaps highly vulnerable in this theatre'
 

Mission

The LIAG is to provide Information Assurance (IA) advice and support to Commanders: Across the whole spectrum of operations. Worldwide in operational and non-operational theatres. For all CIS, including associated management systems. With an integral training and development capability. By providing Vulnerability Assessment and Assistance Teams (VAAT) or Advance Intruder Testing (AIT), in conjunction with other agencies. As part of the LAND component of any future Defence IA organisation.  
 

New Opportunities for Smart People

The LIAG is a TA unit where the commitment is only 19 days per year, although many members do more. As well as providing specialist IT services there are opportunities to take part in adventurous training and deploy throughout the world to places such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Oman, Georgia, Cyprus, Falklands and the United States.

 

PROFILE CHECK LIST:

• Degrees in: Computer Science, Information Systems or other related subjects.
• Masters-DIS/MDA/Computing
• Unix/NT System Administrator
• Industrial Experience or Vendor Qualifications
• Serving Reserve Forces non commissioned officers with vendor qualifications.
• Royal Naval and Royal Air Force personal made welcome

 

EXPERIENCE:

• System Security
• COMMSEC/INFOSEC
• Firewalls
• Network Probing
• Intrusion Detection
• Security Audits
• IS Health Checks
• Penetration Testing
• Internet Technologies
• Risk Analysis
• Database Management
• Operating Systems
• Network Management
• Forensic Computing 
• Determination
• Innovation
• Enterprise

 'On Information Warfare... Our potential adversaries may choose to adopt alternative weapons and unconventional (or asymmetric)strategies, perhaps attacking us through vulnerabilities in our open civil societies.'  Extract from The Strategic Defence Review, 1998