PAMELA J' STEGORA AXBERG

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PAMELA J. STEGORA AXBERG Chair, NRIC VI Steering
Committee Qwest Senior Vice President Network
Reliability Office [phone] Fax (763)
536-5041 Mobile [phone] Email
pstegor_at_qwest.com 9700 Schmidt Lake Road, Room
300 Plymouth, MN 55442
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• Steering Committee, comprised of focus group
  chairs will meet monthly
• Focus groups make recommendations to the Council
  at the quarterly meetings for approval
• Council members need to identify representatives
  from their Companies/organizations to participate
  in the focus group this is key!
• This work is instrumental to the success!

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STRUCTURE FOCUS GROUPS
Focus Group 1 Homeland Security A. Physical
Security B. Cyber Security C. Public
Safety D. Disaster Recovery and Mutual
Aid Focus Group 2 Network Reliability Focus
Group 3 Network Interoperability Focus Group
4 Broadband
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Focus Group 1 Homeland Security A. Physical
Security Chair Karl Rauscher,
Lucent B. Cyber Security Chair Dr. Bill
Hancock, Exodus C. Public Safety Chair TBD
, request extended D. Disaster Recovery and
Mutual Aid Chair TBD Focus Group 2 Network
Reliability Co-Chair P. J. Aduskevicz,
ATT Co-Chair Ross Callon, Juniper Co-Chair
Tom Donahue, Comcast Focus Group 3 Network
Interoperability Chair Cliff Naughton,
Boeing Focus Group 4 Broadband Chair TBD
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Focus Group 1 Homeland Security A. Physical
Security Chair Karl Rauscher Lucent 61
0-966-3252 Mission Assess physical
vulnerabilities and survey current practices
that address Homeland defense, and identify
existing and new best practices to mitigate
consequences of physical attack
on infrastructure (prevention) Report on
best practices for disaster recovery after an
attack on physical infrastructure.
restoration) Deliverables December, 2002
12 months after first meeting
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Focus Group 1 Homeland Security B. Cyber
Security Chair Dr. Bill Hancock Exodus
817-457-5679 Mission Assess cyber
vulnerabilities and survey current practices
that address Homeland defense, and identify
best practices to mitigate consequences of
cyber attacks. (prevention) Report on best
practices for recovery from cyber attacks
(SS7, OSS, etc). (restoration) Deliverables D
ecember, 2002 12 months after first
meeting
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Focus Group 1 Homeland Security C. Public
Safety Chair TBD Mission Ensure that
commercial telecom service networks can meet
the special needs of public safety communicatio
ns. Explore and report on actions that may be
necessary to ensure that commercial telecom
service networks can meet the special needs of
public safety communications including the
means to prioritize communications. Delivera
bles January, 2004
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Focus Group 1 Homeland Security D. Disaster
Recovery and Mutual Aid Chair TBD Mission
Prepare and institute mechanisms for
distributing contact information for
telecommunications industry personnel
essential to telecommunications services
restoration. Report on the viability of past
or present mutual aid agreements and develop,
and report on, any additional perspectives
that may be appropriate to facilitate
effective telecommunications restorations. De
liverables Within six months of first meeting.
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Focus Group 2 Network Reliability Co-Chairs
P.J. Aduskevicz Ross Callon Tom
Donahue ATT Juniper Comcast 908-234-5790
978-692-6724 Mission Recommend
requirements and associated measurements
for network reliability and report on the
reliability of public telecom network services
in the U.S. for circuit switch networks
and for packet switched networks. Report
on the reliability of the public telecom network
services in the U.S. Deliverables Within
12 months of first meeting and January 6, 2004
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Focus Group 3 Network Interoperability Chair
Cliff Naughton Boeing 425 957
5144 Mission Identify interoperability between
circuit-switched and packet-switched
networks. Prepare analyses and, where
appropriate, make recommendations to identify
and address interoperability between
circuit-switched and packet-switched
networks. Deliverables January 6, 2004
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Focus Group 4 Broadband Chair TBD Miss
ion Produce recommendations concerning the need
for technical standards to ensure
compatibility between alternative broadband
access platforms. Deliverables January 6, 2004
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NRIC HOME PAGE can be found at the following
url http//www.nric.org/
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2002 QUARTERLY MEETING DATES Friday, June 14,
10 - 1 Friday, September 13, 10 - 1 Friday,
December 6, 10 - 1
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• To Dos For Council members
• Identify individuals for focus groups
• Communicate your support and commitment to these
  individuals
• Help address any roadblocks with the committee on
  relevant issues
• Understand the recommendations as they come forth
  before the council