VSE Security Upgrade

Scope of Services

The objective of this service offering is to provide service to assist XYZ Corporation (XYZ) with its migration and upgrade of CA-Top Secret for VSE security product from release 2.3 to release 3.0.  This upgrade involves a complete replacement of the previous Top Secret product and entails new product concepts and administration techniques. 

Specifically, the following tasks will be performed during this service offering:

1.       Escalation: The consultant will assist with the resolution of known and/or outstanding issues concerning the Top Secret security product and the conversion process.  The consultant will utilize internal CA escalation and other contacts to enhance resolution of issues.

2.       Conversion: The consultant will assist with the security database conversion, the use of the CA-provided migration tool, and the technical process involved with migration from Top Secret release 2.3 to release 3.0. This assistance will provide knowledge transfer and enhanced quality assurance.  The consultant will help execute and verify each step of the security database conversion and product migration process. 

3.       Migration: Once the security database has been converted and all migration steps understood, the consultant will provide onsite support during the production migration to the new Top Secret security system.  The consultant will provide knowledge transfer, troubleshooting, and administration assistance.

4.       As-needed Technical Consulting Support: The consultant will provide technical assistance on an as-needed basis to assist the Top Secret product upgrade and to generally assist the overall systems upgrade being performed by XYZ.  This technical assistance will include day-to-day advice and intervention that assists XYZ is completing its upgrade objectives.   This assistance will largely be performed offsite and remotely via telephone and/or dialup system access. Time will be tracked by the XYZ consultant on an hourly basis and reported weekly.