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In the midst of this pandemic, we’ve talked about and assisted agencies in taking their training to the Digital environment (see the article “Transforming the Classroom into a Digital Journey”). And now organizations are looking at how they conduct preparedness exercises either during this time of “distancing”, or in the post-COVID-19 “normal” environment.
How about this consideration: What if we must react to another major issue during the response to this pandemic? Hurricane season is just around the corner. What happens if we experience a major earthquake or other severe storms that cause tornadoes or flooding? Are we prepared to address multiple issues at the same time from dispersed locations? What if there is a significant cyber attack, or man-made event that impacts our ports and waterways? How do you train, test, and evaluate your organization’s response capabilities for these types of considerations or preparedness goals?
Working in a remote environment, along with the prolonged duration of this pandemic, should not be looked upon as a barrier to continuing your training and exercise program. From Table Tops, to functional to full-scale exercises, what you need to start looking at is your organizational knowledge, resources, and leadership , and identify what you need to design, plan, execute and manage a virtual exercise.
As we all know, training and exercise activities vary in scale, scope, and complexity. And although all elements of an in person event cannot be fully replicated or realized in a virtual environment, much of what you want to achieve or test can be accomplished. Practice drills, facilitated discussions, workshops, tabletop exercises, rehearsals of concepts, and even certain aspects of a functional exercise can be very effectively adapted and successfully executed in a virtual setting, IF you have the right team helping you put this together. This is where the NMLEA can help you, using its exercise practitioners, virtual design experience, and digital training tools. In addition, the NMLEA Partnership with EPIC Ready Software can put all this together for you in a very streamlined, flexible, scalable and cost effective solution. Contact us at info@nmlea.org for more information on how you can “Go Viral” with your exercise plans.
As reported in last week’s Academy Insider (you can go to the archives by clicking here,) the NMLEA is working with the Maritime & Port Security Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (MPS-ISAO) in the DHS sponsored Cyber Storm 2020 exercise on the maritime sector’s participation (Note that this is your last chance to get involved if you aren’t already signed up to participate, so let us know today by emailing us at cyber@nmlea.org for more information.)
Additionally, the NMLEA is actively engaged with the MPS-ISO, and NetFoundry to hold a Maritime “Zero Trust” Pilot, at no cost to the stakeholders within our network who would like to test how a Zero Trust Network can work within your organization or digital environment. (Note, to view a NMLEA facilitated and MPS-ISAO hosted Zero Trust Webinar, click here, or to learn more about Zero Trust Networks, click here.) We’re also exploring opportunities with the National Maritime Intelligence Office, and the USCG to potential collaborate on multiple maritime pilots in order to test some recognized best practices, and demonstrate their effectiveness at no cost to the participants.
Will you like to be a participant in one of these programs, at no cost to your agency or organization? Is there some small part of your digital world you would like to see how quickly you could establish a Zero Trust network, and see its impact on your cybersecurity? Contact us at cyber@nmlea.org, or info@nmlea.org, and we can provide more information. We would love to have you onboard.
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