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7/10/2018 SISE Sub-Committees
There are currently five (5) subcommittees with the SISE working group: Sustainment Committee The Sustainment Committee was formed to begin addressing the framework and long-term operating budget for the SISE. This committee worked on identifying the basic requirement s for long-term sustainment:
Objectives:
The objective of this committee was to develop a long-term plan and budget to sustain the SISE working group over a six-year period. A committee was formed to begin mapping out the components of a plan. Tis committee is comprised of public and private sector representatives who have experience and wisdom in establishing and operating large scale programs. Currently, the Sustainment Committee is developing the overall long-term budget that is estimated for completion summer 2018. Operational Readiness Level (ORL)/Data Set Vetting Process Committee This sub-committee was formed to begin the development of a federated standard to increase decision maker confidence and data sets and data providers. This committee drafted and approved the requirements and definitions of the Operational Readiness Level (ORL) standards that addressed the technical and operational requirements for an evaluation process. The objective of this committee was to develop the standard, apply it to existing data sets, and develop a process that could incorporate and rank new data sets. Working with the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Federation, the SISE working group help multiple meetings to discuss the processes and procedures needed to develop an effective method to quickly rank data sets from 1 to 4, 1 being the most reliable. More information on this committee and it results are found in the previous report for Deliverable #4. Use Case Template Committee This subcommittee is focused on developing the initial framework and processes around they capture and organization of use case information. Objectives:
Their first task was to develop a template that could be used across all sectors in order to capture the initial information required to build a simple use case. This group discussed several approaches to the use case template. One approach was developed a simple, front end document or web form that would allow operations or executive professionals to quickly enter the initial use case information and processed by the work group for future discussion. A second approach was a far more detailed template that would help researchers capture more granular use case information in order to better inform their research and data capture efforts. In the end, a process was developed that included both a simple front end form and a more complex backend form to support the more detailed requirements needed by researchers to capture the appropriate information. Additionally, a phone interview was introduced into the process that will allow committee members to discuss with use case applicants the details behind the use case, the impacts, the possible approaches, the people, the information, and the other related data that would be needed in order to determine if it is a simple or complex use case. A draft use case was developed, discussed, and approved and is now on line at the working groups website. Data Provider / Partner Committee This committee was formed to develop a framework and process to identify, vette, and engage new data providers, solution providers, and information partners to participate in the SISE. Objectives:
The first task for this committee was to develop a Draft Data Provider Agreement that would serve as the legal foundation to work with data providers for this SISE. The group evaluated existing frame works in agreements already in place, and leveraged pieces from several agreements to complete a draft agreement. The draft agreement was discussed and edits were made. They agreement will provide The legal framework needed by the working group as well as a template that can’t be modified to accommodate different types of data providers and data partners. Customizing the template can be done through agreement terms and conditions and/or attachments or appendix items. Developing this agreement will be an ongoing process and edits will be made based on the individual relationships established between the site working group, Consortium, and the data provider organizations. Currently the draft agreement has been completed and discussions are underway with several data provider organizations as mentioned in the previous report State Private Sector Liaison Committee The committee was formed to develop a framework that improved communications between the private sector and state emergency management’s ‘Private Sector Liaisons” during disasters. Objectives:
During large regional disasters, states activate their private sector Liaisons and/or their Business Emergency Operations Center (BEOC) programs within their Emergency Operation Centers (EOC). These liaisons are responsible to coordinate with the private sector multiple subjects during emergencies. These topics can include transportation, education, fuel, power, weather, declarations and waivers, health, and a variety of other topics that face a state during a disaster. Many times, the private sector is not aware of these positions or their functions. Many states don’t have these positions and most states don’t always communicate these capabilities consistently. Based on experience, when the private sector coordinates directly with state liaisons, communication and coordination is dramatically enhanced and results can be realized much faster on any common disaster related issues. 
7/1/2018
Expanding the SISE working group and its Data Driven Decision Making (3DM) initiatives is critical to the ongoing sustainability of the SISE and its capabilities long-term. Under the leadership of the private sector’s Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group, the private and public sectors have been developing operational solutions to address key issues during disaster response. The Regional Common Operating Picture (RCOP) dashboard solution, developed by NASA and their partner StormCenter Communications, was developed to help increase situational awareness and operational coordination between multiple states and the electric sector’s mutual assistance fleet movements during large scale disasters. Other solutions and data sets were developed to help share sensitive information from the private sector with states for disaster management purposes. To protect this information, the SISE (Sensitive Information Sharing Environment) was developed as a framework to house the GeoCollaborate Dashboard along with many other products and information provided by the private sector. Once the SISE was created, the private sector began to trust the SISE more and began addressing other operational issues together with states. It was during this time that the Data Driven Decision Making (3DM) initiative was created to describe how data would be vetted and grouped into simple apps and tools for decision makers to quickly access and make their decisions with “30 seconds”. Working with DHS NPPD Office of Infrastructure Protection, the AHC has been working with the private sector to continue to develop SISE and its capabilities. Sustaining the SISE and the 3DM initiative will require attracting more stakeholders across more sectors and states to develop use cases that can be used to organize people information to solve problems and disaster management, logistics, cybersecurity, and other important topics. Creating a sustainable business model and various “offers” that package to SISE, the GeoCollaborate dashboard, and dozens if not hundreds of other apps and training courses is predicated upon building a business model that the private sector will sustain over time. Expanding the SISE’s user base is an ongoing effort and will rely on several components including education, marketing and communications, systems integration, software, and most importantly people who will continue to build out the SISE’s trust framework and develop the use cases. The strategy behind expansion is the creation of subcommittees within the SISE working group in addition to creating partnerships with third party organizations who are also working on issues within the sectors they address. These third-party organizations can be trade associations, research groups, non-profits, and other non-government organizations that work on specific issues to meet the needs of their stakeholders across multiple sectors, state/local agencies, cities, and federal agencies, etc... The approach to the SISE’s communication, education, and marketing will focus on a non-traditional method of using digital marketing through social media and peer-to-peer networking via on-line and off-line communities. This approach, although somewhat new to disaster management, has proven extremely effective across multiple other sectors including retail, finance, and cyber security. From the technical perspective, multiple systems will be integrated to provide an automated platform that will provide the outreach, education and training, present the offers, close the transactions, deliver the products, and provide customer service to an ongoing and growing need of users. 
6/15/2018
The SISE working group formed a new sub-committee to integrate state private sector liaisons within state emergency operations centers (EOC) to enhance communications and coordination with regional/national state EOCs during regional, multi-state emergencies and disasters. This was an outcome of the 2018 FEMA NLE (National Level Exercise) that tested hurricane response coordination between the private sector and states. Founding states included Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and District of Columbia. Additional states will be added later in 2018. This committee will work with the private sector members of the Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group on specific initiatives with the private sector. 6/1/2018
The SISE Data Partner Agreement being finalized The current approach to the SISE Data Provider Agreement will be to create a simple template agreement for data providers to use when working with the SISE. This agreement will also be used for solution providers, software developers, and third-party research and development groups. The core of this agreement will focus on the following:
The template will utilize parts of the current agreements with Hughes Network Systems, ATRI, and Storm Center communications. Customization to the data providers agreement will be permitted in addendums to the core agreement. These customization may include the following:
The SISE working group wants to have a core template agreement that could be used for any type of data provider arrangement and this agreement will meet those requirements.
4/13/2018
Members of the SISE working group were briefed by the CUSEC (Central United States Earthquake Consortium) leadership team on their information sharing efforts across multiple states in the central U.S. Recording: https://youtu.be/rRaWFIgVmCs 3/27/2018
The SISE working group is planning a webinar on the topic of the ORL (Operational Readiness Level) model. An AHC Webinar Try ORLs… for more confident data driven decision making The Federation of Earth Science Information Partner’s (ESIP Federation) Disaster Lifecycle Cluster in partnership with the private sector has been working over the last two years evolving criteria to apply to data sources used for decision making and situational awareness. A new federated standard is being developed called the ORL (Operational Readiness Levels) standard is being developed to instantly add confidence to the decision-making environment when so many data sources are available. In many cases it is unknown where certain data sources come from and whether those sources are credible or not. Over the last 18 months, the All Hazards Consortium (AHC) and its Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group has actively embraced this approach and is accelerating the use of ORLs within their SISE (Sensitive Information Sharing Environment) and the Daily Disaster Dashboard being used by the private sector and states to expedite power restoration. The intent of ORLs is to:
The purpose of the April 5th Webinar is to provide insight into this new ORL (Operational Readiness Levels) standard to increase your confidence in data driven decision making. We need a good set of cross sector representative users to give us feedback on the overall ORL concept. We will present an overview of the ORL model and some examples for your review and comments. Who should attend?
Why is this important?
Presenters Opening Comments:
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1/25/2018
Jan 10 workshop was conducted in partnership with the ESIP Federation. Recordings of sessions are now online
PowerPoint slides below... 
11/8/2017
The SISE Working Group is working with DHS Science and Technology and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab on an initiative with the private sector. SCOPE: The AHC staff will be interviewing several domestic and international transportation sector companies (land, air and sea) along with several domestic energy/electric companies. The objective of this initial effort will be to identify some of the top areas of interest by sector in order to focus future federal R&D investments and efforts. The results of this engagement will be used to develop and update DHS’s Cyber Security research agenda. This agenda drives their research and development of the capabilities needed to protect cyberspace in a manner that incorporates both security and privacy. In cases where technologies do not exist or are immature, the program makes the necessary investments in applied research, advanced development, test and evaluation, and technology transition to ensure their availability to the Homeland Security Enterprise including the private sector.. The goal of the program is to develop solutions that address customer needs and have them be deployed and used operationally via successful technology transitions. Members of the SISE Working Group was extremely busy during the recent hurricanes that impacted Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
As an outcome of theses disasters, several new developments occurred: 1) The SISE-net Operations Center was opened during HARVEY and IRMA to provide regional/national operational support for the private sector stakeholders 2) New "data provider" partnerships are being established to support information sharing in the areas of transportation and weather. 3) A new initiate is emerging in the drone information sharing space between state government and the private sector 4) DHS Science and Technology has awarded a research contract to the AHC/SISE for initial private sector requirements development work in the electric and transportation sectors. 5) DHS NPPD has awarded a new contract to the AHC/SISE WG for the continued development of the SISE and public/private information sharing 6) Emergency Resource Library operationalized to support resources sourcing and information requests 
The 4th SISE / 3DM Workshop was conducted on August 3, 2017 in Washington DC at Edison Electric Institute (EEI) from 10am to 2:30pm ET.
See documents below. 
The 3DM Working Group conducted its CATEX 2017 email based exercise on June 20, 2017.
The working group, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Infrastructure Protection (DHS / IP), conducted a four (4)-hour drill that focused on awareness and application of FRWG Disaster Response Tools and Processes in support of regional electric power restoration efforts across the Central and Mid-Atlantic United States. This exercise was operational, not discussion-based. Participants attended the exercise virtually. Information sharing was limited to communication tools normally utilized for the given scenario. What's New for 2017: Based on feedback from the CATEX 2016, the following changes were instituted in the 2017 exercise: Last year, CATEX 2016 featured the following: - 80 players - Sent out 80+ Inject emails (too many) - a fixed start and stop time (not everyone has time) - a fixed location for Exercise Sim Cell w/Observers & staff - a Player checklist to see which tools Players used during exercise - Focused on 10 plus tools and processes - Mixed "beginners" who needed education with "advanced" Players who didn't that much education - a fixed "pace" for the exercise that did not allow for Players to play at their own pace (faster or slower) - Player feedback was not allowed until the end of exercise After the exercise, Players provided feedback on "the good and the bad" which was incorporated into CATEX 2017 which now features: - Only 6 Inject emails - a fixed start with flexible end time - Player checklist is now automated - focused on 3 tools and 2 process - Players play at their own pace w/email support 24x7 - mini-feedback loops along the way instead of all at the end - no fixed location for Sim Cell and observers... more "real world" like environment - focused on "beginner" level topics w/lots of education content, instructions - "live Help Desk support from 11:00am to 3:00pm EDT 2017 Scenario: Predicted but isolated severe weather in the Mid-West turns into a regional, widespread severe storm with little to no advance notice. The storm is projected to pass over States in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions during a period of excessive heat, high temperatures, and high electrical load periods 2017 Participants:
2017 Objectives:
CATEX 2017 Player Focus: This exercise is the first of a series of CATEX virtual exercises designed to familiarize new participants (e.g. “Beginners”) to the basic issues, solutions, processes, terms, and apps that are used during regional power outages and supply chain disruptions. An “Intermediate” and “Advanced” level CATEX exercise is under development that will introduce new issues, solutions, processes, terms, and apps to support regional power outages and supply chain disruptions. The end goal is to create a national base of highly educated government and industry operations professionals who work together year round to develop solutions and information that expedites power and supply chain restoration after any type of disruption anywhere in the U.S. Future updates will address: - The SISE Portal Road map - Data Set Vetting Process - Use Case "Honeycomb" Approach to Separate Data and People - Use Case Development Methodology & Approach 5/2/2017 AT 8:00 AM ET
The 3DM Working Group conducted it April 13 Workshop.
30+ attendees came together in NYC at Con Edison to discuss and approve various products and priorities. In the post workshop weekly call, the group decided to focus on: 1) Approved the 3DM Strategy statement 2) Approved the Mission statement 3) Approved the initial ORL (Operational Readiness level) Model 4) Begin rating data sets based on the use cases and ORLs 
4/12/2017 AT 8:00 AM ET
The All Hazards Consortium and its 3DM (Data Driven Decision Making) Use Case Advisory Committee are conducting a Workshop on Thursday, April 13, 2017 in New York, City at Con Edison of New York facilities.
Event website: website: http://www.fleetcyberid.org/workshop-4132017.html Workshop Objectives: Gain common agreement on the following:
Products
4/6/2017
The All Hazards Consortium and its 3DM (Data Driven Decision Making) Use Case Advisory Committee are developing a framework for sensitive information sharing. The fundamental building block are sector focused use cases which organize people, data and security levels. These use cases make up the cells of the honeycomb architecture of the SISE (Sensitive Information Sharing Environment). Some cells (use cases) are only accessible by a specific sector. Other will be multi-sector while others are general use cases that will be accessible by everyone. This design increase security in multiple ways and no user will have access to all cells. 
3/27/2017
The All Hazards Consortium and its 3DM (Data Driven Decision Making) Use Case Advisory Committee conducted a webinar today to review the private sector's requirements for data driven decision making during four scenarios. The electric, fuel, food, telecommunications, finance, retail, and transportation sectors have been developing a process and products to simply decision making during regional emergency and disasters. By better understanding the key decisions that need to be made in each sector during a certain phase of the emergency, data researchers and providers can find the "right" data and the 3DM Working Group can organize the data, the appropriate people needed to be involved and the security levels needed to share the information quickly via a specific solution (apps, data sets, operational guides, docs, websites, etc..) to support "30 second decision making" during regional storms, disaster, and accidents. Learn more...www.1stopops.org 
3/5/2017
The All Hazards Consortium and its 3DM (Data Driven Decision Making) initiative with Fleet Response Working Group Members are producing are producing operational information solutions (apps, data sets, operational guides, docs, websites, etc..) to solve real world operational emergency response problems during regional storms, disaster, and accidents. This pic above shows how several of the apps address specific operational issues quickly and enhance decision making with better, more focused and organized data. Learn more...www.1stopops.org 
2/17/2017
The All Hazards Consortium and its 3DM (Data Driven Decision Making) initiative with Fleet Response Working Group Members will be developing new data sets in 2017 as part of the 1Stopops App Store service. 1StopOps is a new service to be offered the private sector as part of a long-term sustainment strategy that incorporates membership, identity vetting, information sharing and ongoing development of partnerships, app developments, and emergency resources that help solve real world operational issues during emergencies with industry and government. The 3DM initiative is part of this effort and will help organize data sets, data providers and data users into a functional framework that will organize information, aggregate multiple data sets and serve it up in apps that decision makers can quickly use in their decision process before, during and after a local, regional or national incident. Learn more...www.1stopops.org 
1/26/2017
2nd Workshop for the 3DM (Data Driven Decision Making) initiative with Fleet Response Working Group Members, federal agencies, and earth science researchers Sensitive Information Sharing On January 26, 2017, 60 representatives from several federal agencies (NOAA, FEMA, DHS), the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) and DHS met with industry to discuss enhancing regional emergency response and business continuity decision processes with better, more organized data. Agreement was reached to form a Use Case Advisory Committee to organized data and data providers by Use Case and plan for the April meeting in NYC to demonstrate progress. Learn more...http://www.ahcusa.org/data-driven-decision-making-3dm.html 
1/25/2017
Regional Fusion Centers meet with Fleet Response Working Group Members on Sensitive Information Sharing On January 5, 2017, representatives from several Fusion Centers and DHS met with industry to discuss enhancing sensitive operational information sharing during emergencies and sharing potential threat information on a day-to-day basis. Learn more...http://www.ahcusa.org/fusion-center-integration.html 
12/26/2016
An Industry and Government Initiative to Enhance Disaster Response Decision Making with Science and Directed Data The SISE Working Group is working on a new integrated (e.g. government and industry working tegether) initiative aimed at organizing federal and research data and resources in support of security/ disaster response related decision making for industry and state/local government. This initiative is being organized by the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP Federation), the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), and the Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group (FRWG) of the All Hazards Consortium (AHC). Overview: This will be the second 3DM (Data Driven Decision Making) Workshop designed to engage industry (electric, food, fuel & telecom) and government (local, state, federal) to identify federal agency and research organization data sets and technologies that can be used by states/locals and industry to enhance local/regional disaster related decision making, situational awareness, operational coordination and communications. This workshop will build upon the outputs of the first workshop held in Washington, D.C. in October 2016 where consensus agreement was reached upon the following:
Purpose: This initiative seeks to identify specific datasets from federal agencies/labs and researchers that can address FRWG approved operational use cases that are important to disaster response efforts for a local, regional or national disaster of any type. 3DM Objectives:
Audience: Participants include representatives from: Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) The Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group (FRWG); The East Coast Corridor Coalition Working Group (EC3); Electric, Food, Fuel, Telecommunications, Finance Sector Representatives State and Local Government Representatives (Emergency Management, Transportation, & Law Enforcement) Federal Agency Partners from NOAA, NASA, USGS, FEMA, DOE, DHS IP; DOT, & NIH/CDC National/Regional Trade Associations 11/23/2016
The SISE Working Group is working on several initiatives that support the overall vision for the SISE trust framework for information sharing: 1) The 3DM (Data Driven Decision Making) Initiative - designed to expedite the development of data sets that can be integrated into private sector operational use cases to enhance situational awareness and a common operating picture for government and industry disaster related decision-making. More info...CLICK HERE 2) The DHS- Office of Infrastructure Protection's NIPP (National Infrastructure Protection Plan) Security & Resilience Challenge Project - recently awarded to the All Hazards Consortium along with 9 other non-profit members of the RC3 (Regional Consortium Coordinating Council) focused on further development of the SISE working group, operational use cases/templates, legal/policy/process improvements, expansion of user base, conducting a virtual exercise for users, and development of a long-term sustainment process of the SISE trust framework via a new service. More info... CLICK HERE 3) Testing of 1StopOps Service - The testing and soft launch (to a limited user base) of a new service called 1StopOps to serve the private sector more effectively in their disaster planning and response efforts at the regional levels. More to come..... 10/17/2016
The SISE Working Group is working with FEMA, DHS Infrastructure Protection, the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and many other organizations in the post Matthew response and recovery efforts and related information sharing efforts to expedite critical infrastructure restoration in the communities on the East Coast. 
10/6/2016
The SISE Working Group is heavily involved in the Hurricane Mathew response and information sharing efforts today. 
9/26/2016
The SISE Working Group is preparing or an October 27, 2016 Workshop in Washington, DC which will focus on "operational" data driven decision making between state/local governments, federal agency data providers, and the electric, food, fuel, telecom, and finance sectors before, during and after a disaster that disrupts power for extended periods. Interview are currently underway with the SISE WG and representatives in the various sectors to develop the operational use cases to be discussed. Once the initial use cases are agreed to, the data partners within the federal agencies can then begin aligning their current (and future) data sets in support of increasing situational awareness, forming a local/regional/national common operating picture for each sector and merge them together in a secure manner to help expedite operational decision making processes in both industry and government. 
8/11/2016
The SISE Portal was tested during the recent CATEX 2016 Exercise / Drill held on August 10, 2016 The Drill focused on awareness and application of FRWG Disaster Response Tools and Processes in support of regional electric power restoration efforts across the Eastern United States and Canada. The SISE was load tested by 50+ people and provided valuable feedback on a number of issues and improvements. In the future, the SISE will serve as the entry point for vetted working group users and provide a mechanism for accessing and sharing information. 7/73/2016
The SISE Portal is now operational on a production platform. Final testing on the new site is being conducted now. It will be rolled out in phases over the next several months for operational testing under load. The SISE will tested under load during the upcoming CATEX 2016 exercise on August 10, 2016. CATEX 2016 website: http://www.ahcusa.org/catex-2016.html The SISE will be sued to vette user identity and provide access to limited amounts of information. The SISE Working Group continues to shape the SISE content and business model. 
7/18/2016
The SISE Portal and Dashboard is being moved out of the lab and into full operational mode this month. It will be used in the upcoming CATEX 2016 Functional Exercise on August 10, 2016 and tested under load by 75 participants. The online SISE enrollment process will validate individual identities in several ways and provide approved users access to the SISE portal dashboard 6/20/2016
UPDATE: CASSIDIAN PIV-I CARDS ARE NOW EXPIRED. NEW CARDS AVAILABLE FROM CARILLON, Dear PIV-I Card Holders of the All Hazards Consortium, We want to introduce you all to Vince Chiarelli, Vice President – Customer Service, at Carillon Federal Services. Many o f you had a Cassidian PIV-I card issued by the AHC in 2015 as part of the PIV-I Pilot Project. Cassidian was purchased by Carillon recently who is now offering to renew our PIV-I cards at no cost. Your current cards have expired. Many of you will be attending the EC3/FRWG Mid-Year Meeting on Monday July 25 in Baltimore. Carillon is offering to upgrade your cards at these meetings. Below is an email from Vince describing the process to get your PIV-I Cards updated. Please contact Vince with any questions. EMAIL FROM CARILLON My name is Vince Chiarelli, Vice President – Customer Service, at Carillon Federal Services. You are receiving this email because of the interest given by the All Hazards Consortium to exchange the old Cassidian Credential in favor of a fully cross-certified to the Federal Bridge Carillon Credential for all of their members. Thanks to the discussions and efforts undertaken between Carillon and Tom Moran and John Molnar of the All Hazards Consortium (in cc), we would like to take the opportunity to have you re-enrolled and issued your new PIV-I card by our Trusted Agents at the AHC Meeting scheduled to take place in at Skyline Technical Solutions in Glen Burnie, MD (next to BWI Airport) on Monday, July 25th. You will shortly receive an email notification from our provisioning system advising you that you have been selected to receive a PIV-I card from Carillon Federal Services. This email will contain your Digital Credential Request form, which you will need to print out and bring with you for your enrollment meeting. You will also need 2 valid/unexpired government issued IDs (one MUST contain a recent photo of you) to get enrolled for your new Carillon Issued card. Also please bring your old Cassidian card for proper disposal by our Trusted Agents at the time of your meeting. The email you will receive will also include a link to schedule yourself for your appointment on July 25th. For your convenience, we have added the meeting location to our scheduling system, so that all AHC members may schedule themselves at this location for their time of enrollment. Should the July 25th date not be convenient for you, our office in Vienna, VA (less than 40 minutes’ drive from Washington, D.C.) is ready to accommodate you any other day, 8:30 AM to 4:30PM, Monday to Friday. As a point of note: You will have 120 days to schedule your face-to-face meeting with our Agent for you to get your card from the moment you receive your notification email. The choice is yours. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this initiative, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Vince Chiarelli Vice President, Customer Service and Human Resources Carillon Information Security Inc. http://www.carillon.ca vchiarelli@carillon.ca tel: +1 514 485-0789 x105 mobile: +1 514 994-8571 fax: +1 450 424 9559 6/15/2016
SISE WG has developed a spreadsheet to track the present and future datasets being researched and shared within the SISE and it Use Cases.
5/31/2016
New SISE Powerpoint deck produced for electric sector national exercise in May 2016. Provided overview of the - Trust Framework, Slide 2 - Fleet Response WG & its products, slide 2-3 - The Electric Utility Liaison Guide produced by states and utilities, slide 4 - SISE Overview, slide 5-10 - Identity Vetting Process, slide 11-13 - SISE member Portal, slide 14-16 - GeoCollaborate tool and dashboard, slide 17-20 - Future Use Cases & Data Sets, slide 21 - Additional info, slides 22-29
5/25/2016 New YouTube videos produced to educate people on the SISE Technology GeoCollaboration Tool GeoCollaborate Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEXjtR48sZXHQHanFz2QE6QOcRMgbp1PB Overview Overview of the new GeoCollaboration technology for local, regional, national disaster response between industry and government. Learn how this technology....
Video #1 - Why is this capability needed? Length 1:40 Video #2 - How this technology works& what is being shared? Length 1:33 Video #3 - Real-world operational use w/private & public info collaboration. Length 6:14 Video #4 - The "daily" Disaster Dashboard for ongoing use during an incident. Length 3:02 5/18/2016
New videos of SISE SISE Overview: URL: https://youtu.be/Gw7AJ-cjhFM SISE Portal & App Store: URL: https://youtu.be/ypzKv9_ctO4 5/11/2016
On May 18, 2016 at 10:00am ET, the SISE Working Group will host a webinar to educate stakeholders to the current status of the SISE and its online vetting process, its technology, its collaboration capabilities, and its current and future applications. 
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4/27/2016
2) Improving flooding data for rivers 3) Ground moisture content
You can link to the NEW OFF-LINE, non-real-time session here: https://frwg.geocollaborate.com/offline/ |
Welcome to the SISE (Sensitive Information Sharing Environment) The SISE is a "trust framework" for information sharing operated by the All Hazards Consortium and its partners from government and industry for the purpose of sharing sensitive operational information before, during and after storms, disasters and disruptions. The SISE integrates legal, policy, process and technology together into a single platform that forms the trust framework. The SISE is managed by the private sector and shared with government for collaboration and decision making needs. The SISE's combines Cyber identity vetting processes with a new one-of-a-kind geo-collaborative technology and unique data sets to create a visual common operating picture to support operational decision makers at the local, regional or national level. The SISE allows for publicly available data and private sensitive data to be layered together into a single view that gets all stakeholders "visually" on the same page at the same time. The SISE provides a framework for multiple organizations with multiple systems and varying data formats to share data in a simple, low cost and safe way without the need to replace existing systems, policies, processes and people. In development for the past 2 years, the SISE is maturing and has been operational since 2015 in the electric sector with plans to expand to other sectors and states in the future. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4/20/2016
Dave Jones from NOAA/Storm Center provided a NEW capability update for the Snow/Rain Storms impacting the Mid-West over past several days The FRWG / Geocollaborate enhancements that have been made to the FRWG’s Disaster Dashboard/Geocollaborate tool based on the SISE Working Group feedback as part of the NOAA Test Bed project. What Does This Mean to SISE Members?
You can link to the NEW OFF-LINE, non-real-time session here: https://frwg.geocollaborate.com/offline/ |
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4/13/2016
1) The SISE Working Group is now developing a Use Case development process and template to begin gather input from group members on potential use cases in the electric, food, fuel, telecom, finance and other participating sectors. 2) Many have asked for the PowerPoint slides on the NOAA/StormCenter Test-bed projects. Download file on right. |
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3/17/2016
The SISE Working Group is working with NOAA's National Weather Service and NASA on a tested project to develop new data sets for WG members to use to enhance decision making during regional disasters and disruptions.
NOAA NWS will work with SISE WG members to build simple uses cases that support decisions that need to be made before, during and after a regional multi-state storm, disaster or disruption occurs.
This has already been operationalized by the AHC's Fleet Response Working Group members into a Disaster Dashboard capability now being expanded to additional sectors and use cases.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/BPyp3EvtL7A
Geo-Collaboration Technology Overview:
The SISE Working Group is working with NOAA's National Weather Service and NASA on a tested project to develop new data sets for WG members to use to enhance decision making during regional disasters and disruptions.
NOAA NWS will work with SISE WG members to build simple uses cases that support decisions that need to be made before, during and after a regional multi-state storm, disaster or disruption occurs.
This has already been operationalized by the AHC's Fleet Response Working Group members into a Disaster Dashboard capability now being expanded to additional sectors and use cases.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/BPyp3EvtL7A
Geo-Collaboration Technology Overview:
- Developed by NASA / NOAA as visual decision support tool
- Officially referred to geospatial collaboration technology
- Operational
- Gets industry and government on the same page at same time
- Provides local, regional or national common operating picture
- Vettes and manages identities of users via the SISE WG’s legal, policy and procedural processes
- Centralizes operational information is single place
- Operationalized during JONAS in 2/2106
- Legal
- The platform provides government & industry users protection from FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests
- AHC is 501c3, exempt from FOIA
- People only “view” the data and information provided, not take possession of it
- Offered only to vetted SISE WG users under the current federated AHC Confidentiality Agreement approved Dec 2015 by public and private sector WG members
- The platform provides government & industry users protection from FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests
- User Experience
- Vetted users get email alert, click a link, and view information in browser window. Can also call into 10 minute conference call for details (if needed) or listen to recording of the conference call later
- No username or login required.. no portal
- Reduces need for multiple emails and conference calls
- Allows continuous data updates while decision makers access it periodically throughout an incident over multiple days, weeks, months
- Technical
- Protects outside access to private sector’s databases
- Browser based on all devices (phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, etc…)
- Merges data from any source, any format
- Allows layering of real-time or non real-time data
- Merges data from:
- State emergency declarations (PDF formats)
- Electric sector fleet movement data (Spreadsheet formats from RMAGs)
- NOAA weather data (continuous data feed from NOAA)
- Real-time open/closed data for essential service commercial providers for fuel, food, pharmacies and hotels (continuous data feed from HUGHES Networks Systems)
- AHC Operational Help Desk updates from states, feds or private sector that is relevant to transportation, regulatory, resource availability, state guidance and other “on the fly” information (live updates from Social Media, texts, phone calls, links, emails, other websites, and network of peers)
- General
- The AHC’s Fleet Response Working Group is using it for our Electric sector’s USE CASE #1 – Expediting Power Restoration & Fleet Movement’]
3/2/2016
The SISE Working Group met with NOAA/StormCenter to discuss the development of a virtual decision support tool that will
provide the technical platform to merge multiple, disparate data sources into visual decision dashboards to support faster decision making for sector specific use cases.
The SISE Working Group met with NOAA/StormCenter to discuss the development of a virtual decision support tool that will
provide the technical platform to merge multiple, disparate data sources into visual decision dashboards to support faster decision making for sector specific use cases.
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2/16/2016
UPDATES ARCHIVE
- Weekly working group calls continue
- Legal Update
- Initial Confidentiality Agreement completed (Dec 2016)
- Developed by public and private sector stakeholders from 5 states and 8 companies.
- Establishes initial legal framework for how data users and providers will
- Process / Policy Update
- Will develop "honeycomb" approach to share sensitive operational information/data
- Each honeycomb "cell" will support a specific sector Use Case
- Each cell will support a decision that needs to be made
- Each cell will contain only the vetted, approved people and the data needed to provide situational awareness for decision support
- Working group members will build and develop all use cases
- Developing four tiers of information access to be used by "vetted" and approved private and public sector SISE working group members
- Level 1 - No access to SISE information, receive newsletter and some alerts only
- Level 2 - Access to general SISE working group information (Low Sensitivity) (Available 2016)
- Level 3 - Access to "medium sensitivity" Use Case information/data that require higher level credentials & vetting, agreements, and subscription cost (under development)
- Level 4 - Access to "high sensitivity" Use Case information/data that require even higher credentials and vetting, agreements, and subscription cost (under development)
- Developing online initial SISE Identity Vetting process for future working group members.
- Simple. Scale-able.
- Will build a pool of vetted SISE stakeholders for data providers to share information with
- Will collected applicant information online, will vette information and provide virtual approval process
- Will develop "honeycomb" approach to share sensitive operational information/data
- Technology Update
- Working with DHS Science & Technology, NOAA and two technology partners to create simple technology platform
- Collecting and prioritizing use cases and related requirements
- Provides state, regional or national common "operating picture"
- Expedites decision making for executives and decision makers in industry & government
- Working with DHS Science & Technology, NOAA and two technology partners to create simple technology platform
UPDATES ARCHIVE
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Initiative At-A-Glance
The “Secure Information
Sharing Pilot Project” is testing the sharing of sensitive operational
information between lifeline private sectors (food/fuel/electric) with
participating States initially utilizing a trusted process that validates user
identity.
Simply put, providers of sensitive information post the information to our SISE (Secure Information Sharing Environment), then entities that need to view the information access it from the SISE. The trusted process involves issuing high level of identity assurance credentials coupled with access management technology. This ensures that ONLY trusted individuals can access sensitive information. The SISP is flexible so each provider of sensitive information can set up access rules specific to their sensitive information i.e. it can be personalized to meet the access needs of each data provider. We have been conducting Working Groups for a few months with the representatives from Utilities, State, and Local Gov'ts. The Working Groups have two deliverables: 1. A Regional Data Sharing Agreement framework which will enable data providers and data consumers to quickly and easily become part of the environment. We will have one agreement signed by many, versus many agreements signed by one 2. Access Rules Framework which documents the rules, labels, and attributes needed to provide the robust access control TSCP has built and configured the SISE; and combined with the Working Group deliverables, these will be tested in the April 1st Pilot. The Pilot is the major deliverable for the contract. We will use 2 simple use cases:
After 4/1, our follow on will focus on future use cases such as:
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Initiative At A Glance Video
Watch this 5 minute video that explains this pilot program
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