RFP for Cybersecurity Testing Services

[IETF Executive Director <[e-mail]>]

The IETF Administration LLC is soliciting bids for Cybersecurity Testing Services.  

Overview:

The IETF Administration LLC is soliciting bids for a cybersecurity testing provider to act as our preferred provider until the end of 2027 and to deliver two initial projects. 

The work of the new provider will include:

Penetration testing.  We regard penetration testing as the gold standard for auditing operational IT systems and require regular penetration tests of our systems.

Code and repository reviews.  We operate at a very high level of transparency, with most of our code and configurations available in public repositories and licensed under open source licenses.

Design and architecture evaluation.  While less common, we are increasingly designing new systems from the ground-up and look to early review of the design and architecture.

The first initial project is the penetration testing and code review of Datatracker, the IETF’s public facing document and workflow management tool.

The second initial project is penetration testing and configuration review of the new IETF cloud infrastructure.

Timeline:
3 February  2025	RFP Issued
17 February 2025	Questions and Inquiries deadline
24 February 2025	Answers to questions issued and RFP updated if required
3 March 2025		Bids due
31 March 2025           Preferred bidder selected and negotiations begin
14 April 2025		Contract execution and work begins

Bids are due by 22:00 UTC on the day noted above.

Full details of the RFP, including instructions on how to submit a bid and how to ask questions, can be found at https://www.ietf.org/media/documents/IETF_RFP_for_Cybersecurity_Testing_Services.pdf.

Please note that in order to maintain a fair and transparent RFP process, all questions or feedback regarding this RFP should be made to the email address specified in the RFP.

-- 
Jay Daley
IETF Executive Director
[e-mail]