L 239/48 EN Official Journal of the European Union 19.9.2017 Figure 1 Cybersecurity incident/crisis response at EU level All of the activities described below are to be carried out in accordance with and following the standard operating procedures/rules of the cooperation mechanisms involved and in line with the established mandates and competencies of individual actors and institutions. These procedures/rules may need some additions or modifications in order to achieve best possible cooperation and effective response to large-scale cybersecurity incidents and crises. Not all actors presented below may be required to take action during any one particular incident. Nevertheless, the Blueprint and the relevant standard operating procedures of the cooperation mechanisms should foresee their potential involvement. Given the different degree of impact on society that a cybersecurity incident or crisis may have, a high degree of flexibility as regards the involvement of sectoral actors on all levels and any appropriate response will rely upon both cyber and non-cyber mitigation activities. Cybersecurity crisis management — Integrating cybersecurity in the IPCR process The IPCR arrangements, described in the IPCR SOPs (1), follow sequentially the steps described hereunder (the use of some of these steps will depend on the situation). At each step we specify cybersecurity-specific activities and actors. For the reader's convenience, at each step the text from the IPCR SOPs is provided followed by the Blueprint-specific activities. This step-by-step approach also allows for clear identification of existing gaps in necessary capabilities and procedures that hamper an effective response to cybersecurity crises. Figure 2 (below (2)) is a graphical representation of the IPCR process where the new elements being introduced are highlighted in blue. (1) From Document 12607/15 ‘IPCR Standard Operating Procedures’, agreed by Friends of the Presidency group and noted by Coreper in October 2015. (2) A larger version of the figure may be found in the appendix.