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Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox exercise concept - presentation
Delegations will find in Annex the EEAS slides on the Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox exercise.
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Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox
Table-top Exercise (CyDipTTX 2021)
concept
Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues
27 October 2021
Content
• General information
• Focus
• Objectives
• Participants
• Preparation
• Conduct
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General information
• Date/time: 17 November 2021, all day in-person event
• Name: Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox Table Top Exercise (CyDip2021)
• Place: Justus Lipsius building (meeting room TBD)
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Focus
• Exchange of information on situation assessment
• Options for joint diplomatic response to malicious cyber activities
against MS and EUIBAs
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Objectives
• Promoting awareness on and practicing of Cyber Diplomacy
Toolbox (CDT) procedures
• Stimulating discussions on potential update of CDT implementing
guidelines
• Promoting synergies and awareness between relevant
cybersecurity actors (EU INTCEN, CERT-EU, Europol, ENISA, CSIRT
Network, CyCLONe, IPCR)
• Inform PSC discussion on Article 42(7) from cyber perspective
• Contribute to upcoming exercises
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Participants
• Facilitator: person leading the exercise
• Training audience (players): MS delegates to HWPCI
• Contributors: representatives of EU INTCEN, CERT-EU, Europol,
ENISA, CSIRT Network, CyCLONe, IPCR (providing information on
their actions in accordance with scenario, but not playing)
• Observers: guests, no specific role (EDA, EUMS, DG CNECT, DG
DIGIT, DG HOME)
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Preparation
• Scenario
− Large-scale cyber attacks on MS and EUIBAs
− Under threshold of armed attack
− Additional inject - potential terrorist attack or man-made disaster situation
• Information package (scenario, guiding questions, brief general
information on INTCEN, CERT-EU, EUROPOL, ENISA, CSIRT Network,
CyCLONe, IPCR with respect to cyber crisis management)
• Distribution of information package (a week before the exercise)
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Conduct
• AM session:
− opening
− introduction to scenario and rules
− contributors information
• PM session:
− Part 1: discussion on the main scenario
− Part 2: discussion on additional inject
− First impression and closing
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