GhostNet 1.5, page 38

38 CrisisNet Activation Criteria Incident Recommended Comms Posture All-Hazard National Planning Scenarios, 1-15 As described and outlined by the U.S. Homeland Security Council to include: Nuclear Detonation, Biological Attack, Chemical Attack, Major Earth- quake, Major Hurricane, Radiological Attack, IED Attack, Major Cyberattack. *Also can include similar incidents that take place around the world. If inside affected area, consider security FIRST! If outside affected area, recommend STRADCON 1. Recommend distribution of tactical-level comms as required, pre-programmed with all necessary freqs and comms procedures. Use standard comms net procedures for each region to establish a CrisisNet (i.e. hop on JS8Call, 7.107mhz, and see if anyone is passing information). Major Internet and/or Cellular Outage Multiple national/regional cellular and/or in- ternet outages of unknown origin and/or scope affecting multiple companies and networks. Examples include: Multiple cyberattacks affect- ing multiple, totally separate systems. If not affected by the comms outage, recommend STRADCON 3. If affected by the comms outage, and traditional internet-based/cellular comms are heavily impacted, shift to STRADCON 2 or 1 (depending on the severity of the outage). Minor/Single-System Outage National/regional cellular and/or internet out- age of unknown origin and/or scope affecting only one major network. Also includes IT outag- es that originate from only one source. Examples include: Nationwide or regional cel- lular outage affecting only one cellular carrier. *If outages spread to multiple networks, consid- er upgrading the severity of this crisis. If not affected by the comms outage, recommend STRADCON 3. If affected by the comms outage, and traditional internet-based/cellular comms are heavily impacted, shift to STRADCON 2 or 1 (depending on the severity of the outage). The CrisisNet concept is simple: If any of the events on the chart below occur, the Recommended Comms Posture is listed to the right. Keeping things as simply as possible, a "CrisisNet" is simply the name for the collective networking on JS8Call as a response to a current event. A volcano erupts? Locals on the next island over can hop on JS8Call and see if any information is being passed...this is a "CrisisNet". Locals in the affected area can provide information, others can check in with regional contacts, more complex and specific data transmission can get set up and take place, all by initially coordinating on JS8Call as per the instructions on pages 11-18. The "CrisisNet" concept is simply to have a word to describe the act of getting on JS8Call via the GhostNet procedures, and provide a way to link readiness (i.e. the STRADCON process) with real-world events (listed below).