Cross-Sector Virtual Exercise

July 20, 2023, 11am to 2pm ET

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What is the Cross-Sector Virtual Exercise??

The private sector’s SISE-net Cross-Sector Virtual Tabletop Exercise is an annual, operations focused tabletop exercise designed to increase disaster communications and coordination between multiple industry sectors and state operations centers on six topics areas:

Information needed from states by industry BEFORE landfall:

1) Emergency declarations and executive orders from government
2) Transportation and fuel waivers from government
3) Operational guidance or alerts  from government

Information needed from industry by states AFTER landfall:

4) Facility status from industry
5) Disruptions from industry
6) Information requests from industry

By "sync-ing" these six areas of information across industry sectors and their supply chains, state/local/federal governments, and trade groups the exercise will reduces operational delays during responses, identifies areas  of opportunity for future problem solving, and streamlines the information flow in a way that gets everyone involved on the same page at the same instant.

TTX Focus:

The TTX will focus on the top six (6) information requests that occur during every hurricane (see graphic below). These items was identifies and agreed to by industry and state participants during the 2021 TTX and has helped everyone focus on the people, processes and information involved to get this information and distributed quickly to save time, reduce email traffic, and get the information from the correct sources who generate it.
TTX Approach:

  1. Engage multiple sectors and states to discuss their operational processes and procedures during each phase of the exercise so that everyone can:
    1. better understand how each sector and state prepares/responds, the challenges they face, and the people/organizations involved
    2. identify common gaps and potential use cases to work on together in the future
    3. jointly develop simple operational solutions or workarounds to address specific issues through education, training, research, or solution development   
  2. Leverage and improve the operational information sharing capability between industry and state/local operations centers leveraging the private sector’s SISE (Sensitive Information Sharing Environment) and the SISE-net initiative so that:
    1. Participants understand what the SISE and the SISE-net initiative is and how it impacts state/private sector  coordination.
      1. All stakeholders know what information is currently available in the SISE and what else is needed for winter storm season preparedness/response.
      2. Decision-makers can use this information effectively for operational decisions.
      3. GIS professionals can jointly develop new data sets/sources to meet future information needs for the public/private community.

TTX Objectives

Identify opportunities to improve operational coordination and communications between industry sectors and government (States & Feds) by:
  1. People - Identifying Individuals in State EOCs, Sector Operations Departments, Trade Groups, & Federal Agency Partners;​
  2. Process​ - Understanding What Government and Sectors Did to Prepare for, Respond to and Recover from Hurricane; Using & Identifying Improvements to the Cross-Sector Operational Conference Call;​
  3. Technology - Use of SISE-net Operational Information Hub and Crowdsourcing App​; Use of the TEAMS Operations Directory​
  4. Information - Identifying Information/Data Needs​; Determine the availability of information sources & systems of record (i.e., TEAMS, ESRI,  WebEOC, etc..)​

TTX Deliverables

Identify opportunities to improve operational coordination and communications between industry sectors and government (States & Feds) by:

  1. Operational Tools: Operational Information Sharing Hub for sync-ing situational awareness; Trusted Crowdsourcing App; 
  2. Operational Playbook: Produce an operational playbook that industry and government can use going forward to coordinate operationally.
  3. Operational Directory: Produce and maintain a contact directory of operational contacts in industry and government

Sample SISE-net TTX Report

Overview of the SISE-net Initiative to "SYNC" information between industry and state government during crisis preparedness, response, and recovery efforts

2022 Cross-Sector TTX Session Recordings




2021 Cross-Sector TTX Session Recordings

Day 1 of 3: https://vimeo.com/722677477
Day 2 of 3: https://vimeo.com/703009884
Day 3 of 3: https://vimeo.com/703008959
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