Alert Hub Policy-level Lessons Learned and Operational Considerations

1. WMO Alert Hub Policy-level Lessons Learned and Operational Considerations presented 2 November 2018 by Eliot Christian <eliot.j.christian@gmail.com> at the Filtered Alert Hub Workshop Hong Kong, China

2. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

3. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

4. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

5. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

6. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

7. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

8. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

9. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

10. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

11. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

12. List of Topics • Equitable Access to Alerting • Telecommunication Networks as a Backbone • Service Level Agreement and Monitoring • All-hazards Alerting • Alerting of Sudden Onset Situations • High Priority Alerts Must be Easily Distinguished • CAP Alert News Feeds • Validity, Encryption, and Authentication • Suggestions for Specific CAP Elements • Alert Content Should Be Easily Understood Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

13. Specific to WMO • WMO could identify or create an expert group, likely under the auspices of the WMO Commission on Basic Systems • CAP should be included in the WMO Technical Regulations Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

14. Open Discussion • Are there things you disagree with among the topics presented? • Do you know of topics not listed that should be? • Are there other important actors with whom the Filtered Alert Hub should engage? Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations

15. References • Policy and Technical Issues in Systems of Emergency Alerting (my draft) • Filtered Alert Hub Design Document Policy-level Issues and Operational Considerations