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− | {{definition|A military manoeuvre or simulated wartime operation involving planning, preparation, and execution. <ref>[http://nso.nato.int/nso/zPublic/ap/aap6/AAP-6.pdf NATO Glossary AAP-06(2014)</ref>}} It is carried out for the purpose of training and evaluation. It may be a combined, joint, or single service exercise, depending on participating organizations. <br /> | + | {{definition|A military manoeuvre or simulated wartime operation involving planning, preparation, and execution. <ref>[http://nso.nato.int/nso/zPublic/ap/aap6/AAP-6.pdf NATO Glossary AAP-06(2014)</ref>}} It is carried out for the purpose of training and evaluation. It may be a combined, joint, or single service [[exercise]], depending on participating organizations. <br /> |
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==== [[Qatar]] ==== | ==== [[Qatar]] ==== | ||
− | {{definition|An interactive engagement (half-day to five days or more) that enables participants to react to a plausible scenario in a risk-free environment. <ref>[http://www.ictqatar.qa/en/file/14706/download?token=TP3dhTml QATAR National Cyber Security Strategy (May 2014)]</ref> <ref>[http://www.ictqatar.qa/en/file/14711/download?token=3QAJdSyz الاستراتيجية الوطنية للأمن السيبراني QATAR NCSS - Arabic version (May 2014)]</ref>}} Exercises provide an effective tool for testing [[incident]] response plans; validating policies, plans, and procedures; identifying [[Vulnerability|vulnerabilities]] and reporting requirements; assessing [[risk]] and preparedness; discovering [[interdependency|interdependencies]] and response gaps; creating a shared perspective and buy-in among diverse stakeholders; and building a common understanding of roles and responsibilities. An exercise may also be referred to as a [[simulation]], seminar, tabletop, drill, or wargame. | + | {{definition|An interactive engagement (half-day to five days or more) that enables participants to react to a plausible scenario in a risk-free environment. <ref>[http://www.ictqatar.qa/en/file/14706/download?token=TP3dhTml QATAR National Cyber Security Strategy (May 2014)]</ref> <ref>[http://www.ictqatar.qa/en/file/14711/download?token=3QAJdSyz الاستراتيجية الوطنية للأمن السيبراني QATAR NCSS - Arabic version (May 2014)]</ref>}} Exercises provide an effective tool for testing [[incident]] response plans; validating policies, plans, and procedures; identifying [[Vulnerability|vulnerabilities]] and reporting requirements; assessing [[risk]] and preparedness; discovering [[interdependency|interdependencies]] and response gaps; creating a shared perspective and buy-in among diverse stakeholders; and building a common understanding of roles and responsibilities. An [[exercise]] may also be referred to as a [[simulation]], seminar, tabletop, drill, or wargame. |
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− | {{definition|An exercise is a simulation designed to validate organisations’ capability to manage incidents and emergencies. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61046/EP_Glossary_amends_18042012_0.pdf Glossary - Revision to Emergency Preparedness, Cabinet Office (2012)]</ref>}} | + | {{definition|An [[exercise]] is a simulation designed to validate organisations’ capability to manage incidents and emergencies. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61046/EP_Glossary_amends_18042012_0.pdf Glossary - Revision to Emergency Preparedness, Cabinet Office (2012)]</ref>}} |
− | Specifically | + | Specifically [[exercise]]s will seek to validate training undertaken and the procedures and systems within emergency or business continuity plans. <br /> |
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* Exercises can be used for: validating policies, plans, procedures, training, equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter-organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance; and identifying opportunities for improvement, and controlled opportunity to practice improvisation. | * Exercises can be used for: validating policies, plans, procedures, training, equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter-organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance; and identifying opportunities for improvement, and controlled opportunity to practice improvisation. | ||
− | * A test is a unique and particular type of exercise, which incorporates an expectation of a pass or fail element within the goal or objectives of the exercise being planned.<br /> | + | * A test is a unique and particular type of [[exercise]], which incorporates an expectation of a pass or fail element within the goal or objectives of the [[exercise]] being planned.<br /> |
===Other Definitions=== | ===Other Definitions=== |
Revision as of 11:19, 23 July 2015
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International Definitions
NATO
It is carried out for the purpose of training and evaluation. It may be a combined, joint, or single service exercise, depending on participating organizations.
National Definitions
Australia
Canada
En gestion des urgences, simulation d’un scénario au cours duquel une organization met en pratique ses activités d’intervention afin d’évaluer son plan d’urgence. [3]
Germany
Qatar
Exercises provide an effective tool for testing incident response plans; validating policies, plans, and procedures; identifying vulnerabilities and reporting requirements; assessing risk and preparedness; discovering interdependencies and response gaps; creating a shared perspective and buy-in among diverse stakeholders; and building a common understanding of roles and responsibilities. An exercise may also be referred to as a simulation, seminar, tabletop, drill, or wargame.
United Kingdom
Specifically exercises will seek to validate training undertaken and the procedures and systems within emergency or business continuity plans.
United States
DHS
NFPA-1600
Standard Definitions
ISO 22300:2012(en)
Notes:
- Exercises can be used for: validating policies, plans, procedures, training, equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter-organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance; and identifying opportunities for improvement, and controlled opportunity to practice improvisation.
- A test is a unique and particular type of exercise, which incorporates an expectation of a pass or fail element within the goal or objectives of the exercise being planned.
Other Definitions
Ontario (Canada)
Exercises can be used to validate plans and procedures, and to practice prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities.
Les exercices peuvent être utilisés pour évaluer l’efficacité des plans et procédures et pour mettre à l’épreuve les capacités de prévention, d’atténuation, de préparation, d’intervention et de rétablissement.
See also
Notes
- ↑ [http://nso.nato.int/nso/zPublic/ap/aap6/AAP-6.pdf NATO Glossary AAP-06(2014)
- ↑ Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)
- ↑ Vocabulaire de la gestion des urgencies/Emergency Management Emergency Management Vocabulary 281 (2012)
- ↑ IT Emergency and Crisis Exercises in Critical Infrastructures, BMI - Federal Ministry of the Interior (2007)
- ↑ QATAR National Cyber Security Strategy (May 2014)
- ↑ الاستراتيجية الوطنية للأمن السيبراني QATAR NCSS - Arabic version (May 2014)
- ↑ Glossary - Revision to Emergency Preparedness, Cabinet Office (2012)
- ↑ Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Toolkit (Glossary), US Department of Homeland Security
- ↑ NFPA-1600
- ↑ ISO 22300:2012(en) Societal security — Terminology
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Province of Ontario’s Emergency Management Glossary of Terms