Update on Emergency Alerting Platforms' Progress and Objectives

Working Group 2: Emergency Alerting Platforms Status Update June 22, 2016 Dr Farrokh Khatibi, Co-Chair (Qualcomm) Mr Francisco S nchez, Jr., Co-Chair (Harris County, Texas)

WG2 Objectives Working Group Description: WG2 will provide recommendations to encourage local and state use of alerts across multiple platforms, examine technology opportunities to overcome barriers, identify paths for people to push information to officials and seek ways to improve public safety outcomes. WG2 is reviewing current Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) security practices and recommend actions, including development of best practices. The review will cover end-to-end security aspects of WEA including the integrity of the C-interface, insuring the integrity of the WEA message as it transverses across the carrier networks and security of message data on handsets. Consideration will be given to new technologies and cyber risks to WEA. 2

WG2 Members Francisco Sanchez (Co-Chair) Harris Co. (TX) Emergency Management Dr. Farrokh Khatibi (Co-Chair) Qualcomm Alexander Gerdenitsch Alfred Kenyon Amanda Faulkner Amanda Hughes Echostar FEMA IPAWS Twitter Utah State University Benjamin J. Krakauer New York City Emergency Management Bob Sherry Brad Gaunt Brian Daly Intrado Sprint AT&T Brian Murray Harris Co. (TX) Emergency Management Caitlin Shockey Carol Woody Centers for Disease Control Software Engineering Institute Harris Co. (TX) Emergency Management Charity Dominguez Chris Anderson Chris Tarantino Dana Golub David Layer Denis A. Gusty Dharma Dailey FCC Epicenter PBS NAB DHS, S&T/FRG University of Washington 4

WG2 Members Dr. Gina M. Eosco Greg Cooke Dr. Keith Bhatia Elizabeth T. Dexter Hutch McClendon James Tyson James Wiley Jeannett Sutton Jennifer Manner John Davis Jonathan W. Gaddy Jose Rivera Kate Starbird Larry Rybar Larry Walke Mark D. Annas Mark Lucero Matthew Straeb Mike Gerber Paul Lupe Peter Musgrove Rick Wimberly Robbie Turner Robert Bunge Scott Enright Shelley Blakeney Steve Mace Tim Dunn Tony Surma Xiaomei Wang Eastern Research Group FCC TCS Watch Officer/EOC Team Member Advanced Computer and Communications, Centers for Disease Control FCC University of Kentucy Echostar Sprint EMA Director DHS University of Washington Verizon NAB Riverside (CA) Fire Dept FEMA IPAWS GSS Net NWS Fairfax County VA OEM AT&T (ATIS) Galain Solutions Nextdoor NOAA Emmis Communications T-Mobile NTCA T-Mobile Humanitarian Toolbox Verizon 5

WG2 Subworking Group - Alerting Study Areas Multiple alerting aspects to be studied relating to: Geo-targeting Mass notification systems Social media Many-to-one Identify technical barriers and solutions Identify areas where additional study is needed Best practices IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES 6

WG2 Subworking Group - Alerting Primary Recommendation Areas Promoting WEA Usage Geo-targeting Device based solutions Define best approximate Many-to-One Situational awareness Community participation Complementary Alert Strategies Social Media 7

Status Updates Geotargeting Workgroup: The group is working through issues related to: Best Approximate Geotargeting compares the AO requested alert area to cell broadcast area. Geotargeting Resolution: The majority of public safety officials (ad hoc survey) want geotargeting granularity ranging from 1 block to .5 miles, but could live with granularity from .25 miles to 1.5 miles. Device Assisted Geotargeting has the potential to provide greater accuracy and granularity. Initial report draft has been completed. Editing in progress. 8

Status Updates Many-to-One Workgroup: The Many-to-One workgroup has completed an initial draft and is soliciting feedback from it s group membership. The initial recommendations are: Ask the Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions (ATIS) to comprehensively scope out requirements and identify potential solutions ATIS should convene a group of stakeholders (including the emergency management community) and compile a comprehensive set of requirements and technical solutions. FEMA Should Evaluate The Need for IPAWS Changes to Support Many to One Communication The wireless industry will serve as the mechanism for data transmission but not for data aggregation. As such, FEMA should evaluate what changes would be needed to IPAWS to support data collection and aggregation as contemplated. 9

Status Updates Complementary Alert Strategies Workgroup: The Complementary Alert Strategy group has developed a series of lists including (a) potential complementary alerting channels (b) benefits to leveraging EAS and WEA (c) examples of leverage, and (d) concerns/considerations. These lists have helped begin to develop a list of recommendations for maximizing leverage. Thus far, these recommendations have centered around use of IPAWS to expand complementary alerting channels in a cohesive manner that mitigates identified concerns. 10

Status Updates Social Media: A first draft has been completed and is being reviewed by group membership. Sub-group members: agree that social media is already used as a complementary tool by many alert originators and that its role as an alerting platform could be further refined through better integration into alerting procedures and possibly technical integration with other alerting tools. identified contingencies that impact an alert originators effective use of social media for alerting. We are therefore focusing our recommendations on assuring alert originators have the ability to create flexible policies appropriate to their needs. 11

Alerting Subworking Groups Next Steps Each focus area group is working to complete text and recommendations for the final report Draft report in progress; completion by mid-summer Final document ready for review by late-summer Due to CSRIC September 2016 12

Security Subworking Update Alert Originators IPAWS CMSPs Alert Recipients It is WG2 s recommendation that the FCC collaborate with industry, FEMA, DHS, and the Alert Originators to continue the study of the security aspects of WEA, with a goal of encouraging ATIS to develop a Best Practices document. The development of such a best practices document will require extensive work of more than a year, which would extend beyond the current CSRIC charter. WG2 Recommends that the FCC should consider asking any subsequent CSRIC to continue the study of WEA security based on this work. 13

Security Subworking Update A new Issue Statement (work item description) has been approved in ATIS WTSC Committee on Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) End-to-End Security Best Practices . The Issue Statement is co-sourced by AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, FEMA IPAWS, and DHS, S&T/FRG, and Qualcomm. The targeted resolution date is 1Q2017. Skeleton baseline has been drafted, and contributions are forthcoming. 14

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