Please take a few minutes to fill out and submit this survey. One of the primary goals of the Cyber Tracer Team, the people behind Tracer FIRE, is to improve the existing collaboration environment between NNSA sites and other stakeholders. The information you provide in this survey will help us to accomplish that goal.

1. What is your affiliation?

NNSA
DOE
DOD
Other Federal government
State government
Private sector
Other

2. For each skill area listed, select the option that best describes the situation at your site or within your organization.

  • Host forensics
    have an advanced capability in this area
    don't have an advanced capability in this area, but can obtain help from other sites
    don't have an advanced capability in this area, and cannot obtain help from other sites
  • Network forensics
    have an advanced capability in this area
    don't have an advanced capability in this area, but can obtain help from other sites
    don't have an advanced capability in this area, and cannot obtain help from other sites
  • Reverse engineering
    have an advanced capability in this area
    don't have an advanced capability in this area, but can obtain help from other sites
    don't have an advanced capability in this area, and cannot obtain help from other sites

3. How many other sites or organizations do you regularly collaborate with? "Regular" collaboration is defined as collaboration that is frequent or part of standard operation procedure.

0 1 2 3 4 5+

4. How many other sites or organizations did you collaborate with in all of FY09?

0 1 2 3 4 5+

5. If there were a serious cyber security incident at your site, how many organizations would you feel comfortable calling for help?

0 1 2 3 4 5+

6. Would you prefer to use official channels (e.g., make a request to a team dedicated to vetting and fielding incident responders from around the complex) or unofficial channels (e.g., pick up the phone and call the reverse engineering expert you exchanged business cards with at Tracer FIRE) to request help with an incident?

Official channels Unofficial channels

7. Rank the items listed below from least to most helpful (1 = least helpful, 5 = most helpful) for establishing trust relationships and fostering collaboration between sites.

Tracer FIRE 1 2 3 4 5
Cyber security conferences 1 2 3 4 5
Video teleconferencing 1 2 3 4 5
Teleconferencing 1 2 3 4 5
SILC or IRC 1 2 3 4 5

8. How effective is the toolset (hardware and software) that is available to you for cyber collaboration?

Not effective at all Somewhat effective Sufficient Very effective Couldn't be better

9. How effective is the existing collaboration environment between NNSA sites and other stakeholders?

Not effective at all Somewhat effective Sufficient Very effective Couldn't be better

10. Do you have any suggestions or ideas for improving the cyber collaboration environment between NNSA sites and other stakeholders? Please be brief.