Series: Multimodal Information Sharing Team (MIST)
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Making security information usable: guidelines for creating an effective Air Domain website
Industry and Public Sector Cooperation for Information Sharing Ports of Puget Sound
This report presents the findings of the Maritime Information Sharing Taskforce (MIST) research effort for the Washington State Puget Sound ports. Using a participatory design approach, the researchers partnered with federal and commercial stakeholders to assess the information sharing needs of security personnel in this port region. The research design included an issues workshop, field studies of port personnel, and local networking events. The findings indicate the need for increased interagency collaboration in maritime domain awareness (MDA) and highlight local recommended practices and incentives for information sharing with the private sector. In addition, we gathered usability data on two federal policies/programs. The Maritime Information Sharing Taskforce (MIST) is an interagency effort to capture best practices in information sharing, create a structure for collaborative problem solving, and convey unique local issues to national policy makers. The MIST team is led by the Maritime Defense and Security Research Program (MDSRP) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in partnership with several federal agencies: the Maritime Administration (MARAD), the Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness (OGMSA), Global Maritime and Air Intelligence Integration (GMAII), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS). The MIST process consists of a series of activities that are designed to help us surface issues important to private sector shipping. Each local event builds upon lessons learned from earlier events and invites participants to join in on the design of specific activities.
Port of Honolulu Industry and Public Sector Cooperation for Information Sharing / Spring 2010
MIST held its third event in Honolulu on November 22-23, 2009. Using a participatory design approach, NPS researchers partnered with federal and commercial stakeholders to hold a workshop to assess the information sharing needs of security personnel in this port region.
Ports of Delaware Bay Industry and Public Sector Cooperation for Information Sharing / December 2010
The Maritime Information Sharing Taskforce (MIST) held its fourth event in Philadelphia on September 28-29, 2010. Using a participatory design approach, NPS researchers partnered with federal, state, local and commercial stakeholders to conduct a process to assess the information sharing needs of security personnel in this port region.
Oakland Seaport, CA: Industry and Public Sector Cooperation for Information Sharing
The Multimodal Information Sharing Team (MIST) is an evolution of the Maritime Information Sharing Taskforce that has been conducting workshops in domestic ports since 2008. After conducting four MIST workshops, the interconnection of the maritime domain to other modalities in terms of information sharing became a natural expansion of the research. Beginning in Boston, the MIST framework and process for the collaborative exploration of information sharing embraced the larger port multimodal community. The MIST continues to emphasize the private sector perspective to ensure that government stakeholders are leveraging these critical players in the sharing of all hazards threat information protecting our global supply chain.
Industry and Public Sector Cooperation for Information Sharing: Ports of Long Beach & Los Angeles / September 2008
On August 20-21, the Maritime Information Sharing Taskforce (MIST) held a workshop at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Port (LA/LB). This workshop was funded by the Assistant Secretary of Defense, (Department of Homeland Defense) and sponsored by the Maritime Defense & Security Research Program (Naval Postgraduate School), and the Maritime Administration (US Department of Transportation). NPS staff shared early concepts and solicited ideas for implementation from the USCG at the sector , district and headquarters level; talked to Project Seahawk in Charleston; collaborated with MARAD; and included GMSA and GMAII in the workshop design. In addition, we coordinated with the Global Maritime Information Sharing Symposium(GMISS) in King’s Point which was looking at similar issues, but from a top down approach.