L 239/50
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
19.9.2017
After an incident has been detected
— Step 2 — Analysis and advice: based on available monitoring and alerting, the Commission services, the EEAS,
and the GSC keep each other informed on possible developments, in order to be ready to advise the Presidency for
a possible activation (in full or in information-sharing mode) of the IPCR.
— Blueprint:
— For the Commission, DG CNECT, DG HOME, DG HR.DS and DG DIGIT, supported by ENISA, EC3 and
CERT-EU.
— EEAS. Drawing on the work of the Sitroom, and intelligence sources, the EU Hybrid Fusion Cell provides
situational awareness on actual and potential hybrid threats affecting the EU and its partners including cyber
threats. Therefore, when the analysis and assessment of the EU Hybrid Fusion Cell indicates the existence of
possible threats directed against a Member State, partner countries or organisation, INTCEN will inform (in
the first instance) on the operational level, according to established procedures. The operational level will
then prepare recommendations for the political strategic level, including the possible activation of crisis
management arrangements in monitoring mode (e.g. EEAS Crisis Response Mechanism or the IPCR
monitoring page).
— The CSIRTs Network Chair assisted by ENISA prepares an EU Cybersecurity Incident Situation Report (1)
which is presented to the Presidency, the Commission and the HRVP via the CSIRT of the rotating Presidency.
— Step 3 — Assessment/decision on IPCR activation: the Presidency evaluates the need for political coordination,
information exchange or decision-making at EU level. To this end, the Presidency may convene an informal round
table meeting. The Presidency carries out an initial identification of the areas requiring Coreper or Council
involvement. This will form the basis of the guidance for the production of Integrated Situational Awareness and
Analysis (ISAA) reports. The Presidency will decide, in light of the characteristics of the crisis, its possible
consequences, and the related political needs, on the appropriateness of convening meetings of the relevant Council
Working Parties and/or Coreper and or PSC.
— Blueprint:
— Round table participants:
— The Commission services and the EEAS will advise the Presidency on their respective areas of
competence.
— Member States' representatives in the Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues supported by experts
from the capitals (CSIRTs, Cybersecurity Competent Authorities, others).
— Political/Strategic Guidance for ISAA reports based on the latest EU Cybersecurity Incident Situation
Report and additional information provided by the round table participants.
— Relevant Working Parties and Committees:
— Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues.
The Commission, EEAS and GSC, in full agreement and associating the Presidency, can also decide to activate the
IPCR in information-sharing mode by generating a crisis page, in order to prepare the ground for a possible full
activation.
— Step 4 — IPCR Activation/Information gathering and exchange: upon activation (whether in informationsharing mode or in full), a crisis page is generated on the IPCR web platform, allowing specific exchanges of
information focusing on aspects that will contribute to feed ISAA and to prepare the discussion at political level. The
ISAA lead service (one of the Commission services or EEAS) will depend on the circumstances of the case.
— Step 5 — ISAA production: the production of ISAA reports will be initiated. The Commission/EEAS will issue
ISAA reports as outlined in the ISAA SOPs and may further foster information-exchange on the IPCR web platform,
(1) The EU Cybersecurity Incident Situation Report is an aggregation of national reports provided by national CSIRTs. The format of the
report should be described in the CSIRTs Network SOPs.
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