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Introduction:

In September 2016 SIG-Marcomms formulated the need for a larger workshop or exercise about crisis management and crisis communication. Crisis management is becoming an increasingly urgent topic for NREN's and different SIG's and TF's have signaled a need for more discussion, awareness and training on this subject.

To fulfill this need and to facilitate the broader discussion about crisis management between all relevant communities, GEANT will organize a two day crisis management event in November 2017.

To get a clearer idea of what kind of crises NREN's are dealing with, you can read the blog of the SIG-Marcomms meeting here: https://blog.geant.org/2016/09/30/keep-calm-and-carry-on-communicating/.

Venue and dates:

The University of Malaga has kindly accepted to host this event on November 20 and 21. Details and directions will follow shortly.

Objectives of the event

  • Ensuring awareness of crisis management as a priority throughout the community;
  • Ensuring all NRENs have the tools and guidelines to form or enhance their crisis management plans and procedures;
  • Creating a common understanding and terminology to deal with crises on a European (long term: global) scale;
  • Kickstart an overarching Crisis Management community to share best practices.

  • Everyone goes away with at least one point of action on crisis management

Deliverables from the event:

  • Rudimentary guide to write/Lightweight template for crisis management plans on an NREN level;
  • Rudimentary European CM crisis management procedure;
  • Key contact lists for major incidents
  • Agreed upon language to describe incidents/ shared terminology;
  • Key contact lists for major incidents;Set of roles defined
  • Inventory: who is working on what.

Target group:

  • We invite all NRENs to send to CLAW representatives from their NOC, marketing-communications, CSIRT and/or information security management teams.

Working group:

This event is being organised by a working group consisting of:

  • Robert Tofte, Nordunet - SIG-ISM
  • Robert Haymon-Collins, Jisc - SIG-Marcomms
  • Laetitia Lagneau, Belnet - SIG-Marcomms
  • Wojciech Bohdanowicz, PSNC - SIG-Marcomms
  • Damian Niemir, PSNC - SIG-Marcomms
  • Giovanni Sorenti, Jisc - SIG-NOC
  • Joze Hanc, ARNES - SIG-NOC
  • Jordi Guijarro, CSUC - TF CSIRT
  • Francisco Monserrat, RedIRIS - TF CSIRT
  • Victoriano Giralt, University of Malaga
  • Nicole Harris, GEANT
  • Sigita Jurkynaitė, GEANT
  • Dick Visser, GEANT
  • Steffie Bosman, GEANT
  • Charlie van Genuchten, GEANT/SURFnet

There is a preliminary planning available.


 

 

Draft programme (all times in CET)


Monday, November 20

Time

What

9.00 – 9.30

Welcome

  • Mentimeter session to gather expectations

9.30 – 12.30

Crisis exercise

  • Experiencing a crisis together

12.30 – 13.00

Recap

  • Lessons learned from the exercise

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 14.30

Lightning talks

13.30 – 16.00

Workshop: Thriving under pressure

  • Workshop on how to handle a crisis situation

16.00 – 16.30

Coffee break

16.30 – 17.00

Lightning talks

19.00

Dinner and drinks

 

Tuesday, November 21

Time

What

9.00 – 9.30

Introduction

9.30 – 10.00

Lightning talks

10.00 – 12.40

Explorers and Receivers exercise in 4 rounds

  • First round: decide upon the framework for each of the deliverables. What should be specified by the next groups? What is the scope of this deliverable?
  •  Second and third round: brainstorm to fill out the framework of the deliverable. No idea is bad.

Deliverables:

  • Lightweight template for crisis management plans on an NREN level;
  • Rudimentary European crisis management procedure;
  • Agreed upon language to describe incidents/ shared terminology;
  • Key contact lists for major incidents;
  • Inventory: who is working on what.Fourth and last round: start editing to get to a first draft of the deliverable. What is missing? What should be edited down? Formulate what needs to be done to finish this deliverable. What steps need to be taken? Who should do this (particular TF or SIG)?

12.40 – 13.45

Lunch

13.45 – 14.45Presentations by receivers and next

Recap

  • Presenting the deliverables
  • Next steps

14.45 – 15.00

End of the eventClosing remarks