Description for eduGAIN-CSIRT
About this document
This is version 0.1, draft 2021/07/14
Distribution List for Notifications
Notifications of updates are submitted to the eduGAIN Steering Group mailing list edugain-sg@lists.geant.org. The eduGAIN Steering Group mailing list is composed by all the delegates and deputies of the eduGAIN participants, the subscription is managed by the eduGAIN Service. The mailing list is not moderated.
Locations where this Document May Be Found
The current version of this CSIRT description document is available from the eduGAIN-CSIRT WWW site; its URL is https://edugain.org/edugain-security/
Please make sure you are using the latest version.
Authenticating this Document
This document has been signed with the eduGAIN-CSIRTs PGP key. The signatures are also on our Web site, under: https://edugain.org/edugain-security/
Contact Information
Name of the Team
eduGAIN-CSIRT: The eduGAIN Computer Security Incident Response Team.
Address
eduGAIN-CSIRT
PROBABLY THE GEANT
POSTAL ADDRESS
Time Zone
Europe/Amsterdam (GMT+0100, and GMT+0200 from April to October
Telephone Number
+31 12345679 (SOME GEAN OFFICE NUMBER, where the Opertor at least knows what to do when contacted on security issues related to eduGAIN)
Facsimile Number
+31 12345679 (SOME GEANT OFFICE FAX NUMBER, where the Opertor at least knows what to do when contacted on security issues related to eduGAIN)
Other Telecommunication/Instant messaging
OTHER METHODS MONITORED BY THE eduGAIN CSIRT (keybase? slackchannel?)
Electronic Mail Address
abuse@edugain.org This address can be used to report all security incidents which relate to the eduGAIN participants. This is a mail alias that relays mail to the human(s) on duty for the eduGAIN-CSIRT.
Public Keys and Other Encryption Information
The eduGAIN-CSIRT has a PGP key, whose KeyID is CE43BCB8 and whose fingerprint is
F9FF B82B 9700 72D1 F753 25CF 5E3C 31D7 CE43 BCB8.
The key and its signatures can be found at the usual large public keyservers.
Team Members
eduGAIN-CSIRT is coordinated by the eduGAIN-CSIRT security officer. Other team members along with their contact information are listed at the eduGAIN-CSIRT web page: <eduGAIN-CSIRT.WEBPAGE.ORG>
Other Information
General information about eduGAIN security is in https://edugain.org/edugain-security/
The eduGAIN-CSIRTs hours of operation are generally restricted to regular business hours (09:00-17:00 (CET/CEST) Monday to Friday except holidays).
Charter
Mission Statement
The eduGAIN-CSIRT provides security incident coordination for eduGAIN on the federation level and ensures that security incident resolution process does not stall. Details are laid-out in eduGAIN-CSIRTs Term of References available at <HERE A LINK TO THE TOR>
Constituency
eduGAIN consists of identity federations, which which members are the federation participants, an association of organisations that exchange information as appropriate about their users and resources to enable collaborations and transactions. With regard to security incident response the identity and service providers (IdP and SP) registered in a federation.
The eduGAIN constituency consists of the eduGAIN participants, see https://technical.edugain.org/status
Sponsorship and/or Affiliation
eduGAIN-CSIRT is part of eduGAIN.org.
Authority
eduGAIN-CSIRT is authorized by the eduGAIN Steering Group to coordinate incident response at the inter-federation level.
Policies
The eduGAIN policy framework is in:
https://technical.edugain.org/doc/eduGAIN-Declaration-v2bis-web.pdf
The constitution of the eduGAIN service is in https://technical.edugain.org/doc/eduGAIN-Constitution-v3ter-web.pdf
Types of Incidents and Level of Support
Co-operation, Interaction and Disclosure of Information
The eduGAIN Security Team closely collaborates with the Identity Federations’ security operators and the National Research and Education Network CSIRTs and CERTs in eduGAIN to ensures that all security incidents are investigated as fully as possible.
The roles and interactions of the different entities relevant to incident response within eduGAIN are described in the
Security Incident Response Handbook Feedback
eduGAIN-CSIRT reports to the eduGAIN Steering Group (eSG)
Communication and Authentication
ALL incoming information is handled confidentially by eduGAIN-CSIRT, regardless of its priority.
eduGAIN-CSIRT supports the Information Sharing Traffic Light Protocol (ISTLP – see https://www.trusted-introducer.org/ISTLPv11.pdf) - information that comes in with the tags WHITE, GREEN, AMBER or RED will be handled appropriately.
eduGAIN-CSIRT will use the information you provide to help solve security incidents affecting eduGAIN. This means that by default the information will be distributed further to the appropriate parties – but only on a need-to-know base, and preferably anonymized.
Services
Incident Response
eduGAIN-CSIRTs major incident management function is incident coordination across eduGAIN federations.
Incident Triage
eduGAIN-CSIRT will support the eduGAIN participants investigating whether indeed an incident occurred and in case, determining the extent of the incident. This ranges from a single entity, to multiple federations affected.
Incident Coordination
eduGAIN is a federation of identity federations, in which different organisations operate SPs and IdPs. Usually the mandate and scope of the SPs IdPs security teams are limited to the home organisation. The same holds for the federations participating in eduGAIN. eduGAN-CSIRT will organise the security incident communications across affected participants and coordinate the local response activities to allow for an efficient containment and subsequently resolution of security incidents.
Incident Resolution
The incident resolution is ultimately the task of the organizations responsible for the end entities in eduGAIN (Service providers (SP), Identity Providers (IdP)). If possible, edugain-CSIRT will support the end entities with in coordination with the Federations on request.
Proactive Activities
We can't do much here I'm afraid
Incident Reporting Forms
Incident Report temlates can be found in: https://aarc-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DNA3.2-Security-Incident-Response-Procedure-v1.0.pdf
{ THE TEMPLATES SHOULD BE EXTRACTED FROM THE PDF AND PUT ON THE WEBSITE (WITH A REFERENCE TO THE ORIGINAL DOC) }
Disclaimers
While every precaution will be taken in the preparation of information, notifications and alerts, XYZ-CERT assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained within.