FEMA, Cyber Incident Response
Colorado School Of Mines, Fall 2020
Problem Statement
Emergency managers at all levels of government and cyber incident responders need an incident command system that facilitates their communication.
Problem Scoping and Discovery
During cyber incidents, roles are often unclear ,and a lack of specificity about the actual problem usually exists. The team scoped the problem to a specific use case: cyber incident response to a ransomware attack on Hospital information systems.
Outcome
The team created a beta product of a dashboard application developed on Figma that allows emergency managers to communicate essential information to relevant stakeholders during a cyber incident and provide incident commanders a tool to coordinate the actions of a response team.
Results / Next Steps
The student team identified that a cyber incident commander’s response dashboard could save valuable time and money if properly developed and fielded. The student team made all data and discovery available to both FEMA and to the Colorado School of Mines for potential continued development by a senior design team.