1. Presentation of ETNIC

ETNIC (Entreprise pour les Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication) is the IT operator of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. As a public interest organization, ETNIC’s mission is to design, develop, maintain, and evolve information systems and technological infrastructures serving the administrations and institutions of the FWB.

As a central player in the digital transformation of the French-speaking Belgian public sector, ETNIC works in various areas such as:

• Management of IT infrastructures (networks, security, data centers, cloud)
• Development of custom business applications
• Support for digital projects (functional analysis, UX/UI, project management)
• Cybersecurity and data protection
• User support and training

With a constant focus on innovation, performance, and public service, ETNIC regularly collaborates with external partners to strengthen its teams through IT consulting missions. These collaborations are conducted within an ethical, professional framework aimed at quality and the concrete impact of delivered solutions.

2. Mission and Activities

Within the “Security & Privacy Operational Taskforce” (SPOT) team, under the supervision of the Information Security Advisor:

Strategic Mission: Implement the NIS2 Program and its associated priority projects:

• Continuity and Recovery:
  Coordinate recovery time objectives (RTO), recovery point objectives (RPO), disaster recovery plans (DRP), and business continuity plans (BCP), as well as their operational implementation.

• Traceability:
  Coordinate the deployment and integration of advanced traceability capabilities (SIEM, SOAR, SOC) across the organization by uniting and consolidating a centralized approach involving all internal stakeholders.

• Vulnerability Management & SonarQube:
  Become the central point of contact for vulnerability lifecycle management, relying on ETNIC’s VRM platform and vulnerability governance within the organization throughout all project and production phases.